PostScript 2.0

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vector-image

PostScript (.ps) file format is a type of vector graphic file, it is saved by PostScript general-purpose page description language. Developed in the 1980s by Adobe Systems, its main focus was to turn digital graphics and text ready to print, it allowed for users to more easily turn their text and graphics into printed copies.

Identify it

Extensions	`.ps`
MIME types	`application/postscript`
Signatures	`252150532d41646f62652d322e30` at byte 0 (PostScript DSC 2.0)
PRONOM	`x-fmt/406`
Wikidata	`Q123014246`
Apple UTI	`com.adobe.postscript`

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AvogadroOpen sourcewrites · 3-clause BSD License
GIMPOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License, version 3.0
ImageMagickOpen sourcereads and writes · ImageMagick License
Integrated Genome BrowserOpen sourcewrites · Common Public License
JgraphOpen sourcewrites · 3-clause BSD License
PIPE2Open sourcewrites · MIT License
Q220993Open sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License, version 2.0 / GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Q260889Open sourcewrites · Eclipse Public License 1.0
Romeo Model CheckerOpen sourcewrites · CeCILL
sK1Open sourcereads and writes · GNU Lesser General Public License
VCG toolOpen sourcewrites · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
XfigOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License / MIT License
ConverseenOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 3.0
EvinceOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
OkularOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
Q131382357Open sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
Q8295Open sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
Wings 3DOpen sourcereads · BSD licenses
Adobe FrameViewer 5.5writes
dvipswrites
Envoy Distributable Viewerwrites
GIMP 2.0.2reads and writes
Hijaak Digital Photo Studioreads and writes
JavaViewwrites
LilyPondwrites
Microsoft Office Publisher 2003writes
Microsoft Office Publisher 2007writes
PaintShop Photo Pro X3reads and writes
PaintShop Pro X4reads and writes
Pathetic Writerwrites
Q207902reads and writes · proprietary license
Surface Evolverwrites · freeware
Toolkit for Conceptual Modelingwrites
Visio Standard 5.0reads and writes
Xgraphwrites
Acrobat Distillerreads
Adobe Acrobat 9 Proreads
Adobe ExtendScript Toolkitreads
CorelDRAW Graphics Suitereads
diffoscopereads

And 6 more in the JSON record.

Convert it

To	With	Fidelity	Command and losses
Portable Network Graphics	ImageMagick	Lossless	`convert in.ps out.png` Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.
Tagged Image File Format	ImageMagick	Lossless	`convert in.ps out.tif` Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.
GIF 89a	ImageMagick	Lossy	`convert in.ps out.gif` Reduced to 256 colours.
JPEG File Interchange Format 1.02	ImageMagick	Lossy	`convert in.ps out.jpg` Lossy compression.
WebP	ImageMagick	Lossy	`convert in.ps out.webp` Lossy compression.

Sources

From PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-20.

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