Ghostscript

E155913

PDF interpreter PostScript interpreter page description language interpreter software suite

Ghostscript is a suite of software that interprets and renders PostScript and PDF files, widely used for document viewing, printing, and conversion.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Ghostscript canonical	3
ESP Ghostscript	1
GhostPCL	1
GhostPDL	1
Ghostscript for Windows	1
Ghostscript library	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1368143 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ghostscript
Context triple: [PostScript, influenced, Ghostscript]

A. PostScript
PostScript is a page description and programming language widely used in desktop publishing and printing to precisely define the layout and appearance of text and graphics.
B. Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Acrobat is a widely used software application for creating, viewing, editing, and managing PDF (Portable Document Format) documents across multiple platforms.
C. Postscript-1969
Postscript-1969 is Thomas S. Kuhn’s later-added reflective essay to *The Structure of Scientific Revolutions*, in which he clarifies and refines key concepts such as paradigms and incommensurability in response to critics.
D. METAFONT
METAFONT is a font description and rasterization system created by Donald Knuth for designing and generating bitmap fonts, particularly for use with the TeX typesetting system.
E. CUPS
CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) is an open-source modular printing system for Unix-like operating systems that manages print jobs and queues using the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP).
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ghostscript
Target entity description: Ghostscript is a suite of software that interprets and renders PostScript and PDF files, widely used for document viewing, printing, and conversion.

A. PostScript
PostScript is a page description and programming language widely used in desktop publishing and printing to precisely define the layout and appearance of text and graphics.
B. Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Acrobat is a widely used software application for creating, viewing, editing, and managing PDF (Portable Document Format) documents across multiple platforms.
C. Postscript-1969
Postscript-1969 is Thomas S. Kuhn’s later-added reflective essay to *The Structure of Scientific Revolutions*, in which he clarifies and refines key concepts such as paradigms and incommensurability in response to critics.
D. METAFONT
METAFONT is a font description and rasterization system created by Donald Knuth for designing and generating bitmap fonts, particularly for use with the TeX typesetting system.
E. CUPS
CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) is an open-source modular printing system for Unix-like operating systems that manages print jobs and queues using the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP).
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	PDF interpreter ⓘ PostScript interpreter ⓘ page description language interpreter ⓘ software suite ⓘ
component	Ghostscript self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: GhostPCL Ghostscript self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: GhostPDL GhostXPS ⓘ Ghostscript interpreter ⓘ Ghostscript self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ghostscript library
developer	Artifex Software ⓘ
dualLicensed	true ⓘ
feature	PDF merging ⓘ PDF optimization ⓘ PDF splitting ⓘ PDF to image conversion ⓘ PDF/A creation ⓘ PostScript to PDF conversion ⓘ color management ⓘ command-line interface ⓘ font rendering ⓘ raster image output ⓘ vector output ⓘ
license	GNU Affero General Public License ⓘ proprietary license ⓘ
operatingSystem	Linux ⓘ Unix-like systems ⓘ Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ
originalDeveloper	L. Peter Deutsch ⓘ
programmingLanguage	C ⓘ
relatedSoftware	GSview ⓘ Ghostscript self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ghostscript for Windows
supportsFormat	BMP ⓘ EPS ⓘ JPEG ⓘ PBM ⓘ PCL ⓘ PDF ⓘ PDF/A ⓘ PDF/X ⓘ PGM ⓘ PNG ⓘ PPM ⓘ PostScript ⓘ TIFF ⓘ XPS ⓘ
supportsStandard	PDF/A archival standard ⓘ PDF/X printing standard ⓘ Portable Document Format ⓘ PostScript ⓘ surface form: PostScript language
useCase	PDF processing ⓘ PostScript rasterization ⓘ document conversion ⓘ document printing ⓘ document viewing ⓘ
website	https://ghostscript.com/ ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

PostScript → influenced → Ghostscript ⓘ

PS → influenced → Ghostscript ⓘ

subject surface form: PostScript

Ghostscript → component → Ghostscript self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ghostscript library

Ghostscript → component → Ghostscript self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: GhostPDL

Ghostscript → component → Ghostscript self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: GhostPCL

Ghostscript → relatedSoftware → Ghostscript self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ghostscript for Windows

Easy Software Products → product → Ghostscript ⓘ

this entity surface form: ESP Ghostscript

MacTeX → includes → Ghostscript ⓘ

All labels observed (6)

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Referenced by (8)

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