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.IX Title "Image::ExifTool::WritePostScript 3"
.TH Image::ExifTool::WritePostScript 3 2026-04-07 "perl v5.42.1" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH NAME
Image::ExifTool::WritePostScript.pl \- Write PostScript meta information
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
This file is autoloaded by Image::ExifTool::PostScript.
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
This file contains routines to write meta information in PostScript
documents.  Six forms of meta information may be written:
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\&    1) PostScript comments (Adobe DSC specification)
\&    2) XMP information embedded in a document\-level XMP stream
\&    3) EXIF information embedded in a Photoshop record
\&    4) IPTC information embedded in a PhotoShop record
\&    5) ICC_Profile information embedded in an ICCProfile record
\&    6) TIFF information embedded in DOS\-style binary header
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.SH NOTES
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Currently, information is written only in the outer\-level document.
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Photoshop will discard meta information in a PostScript document if it has
to rasterize the image, and it will rasterize anything that doesn\*(Aqt contain
the Photoshop\-specific \*(AqImageData\*(Aq tag.  So don\*(Aqt expect Photoshop to read
any meta information added to EPS images that it didn\*(Aqt create.
.PP
The following two acronyms may be confusing since they are so similar and
have different meanings with respect to PostScript documents:
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\&    DSC = Document Structuring Conventions
\&    DCS = Desktop Color Separation
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.SH REFERENCES
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See references in PostScript.pm, plus:
.IP <http://www.adobe.com/products/postscript/pdfs/PLRM.pdf> 4
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.IP <http://www\-cdf.fnal.gov/offline/PostScript/PLRM2.pdf> 4
.IX Item "<http://www-cdf.fnal.gov/offline/PostScript/PLRM2.pdf>"
.IP <http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/acrobat/sdk/pdf/pdf_creation_apis_and_specs/pdfmarkReference.pdf> 4
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.SH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Thanks to Tim Kordick for his help testing the EPS writer.
.SH AUTHOR
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Copyright 2003\-2026, Phil Harvey (philharvey66 at gmail.com)
.PP
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\fBImage::ExifTool::PostScript\fR\|(3pm),
\&\fBImage::ExifTool\fR\|(3pm)