Printer Drivers. What is the difference between PS, PCL and PCL6?

What are the differences between these drivers? Are their certain advantages to using one type of the other?

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PS is PostScript and was created for Vector Graphics, commonly used for printing from Adobe products. PCL is Printer Command Language.

PCL 6 Enhanced is object-oriented PDL optimized for printing from GUI interfaces such as Windows and compressed to optimize throughput and formerly known as PCL XL. PCL 6 Standard is Equivalent to PCL 5e or PCL 5c, intended to provide backward compatibility.

Becareful, printing from non-Adobe products using a PS driver can cause the printer to print endless pages of PostScript code.

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