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type: entity
title: Ghostscript
tags: [linux, printing, software]
related: [cups]
created: 2026-06-30
updated: 2026-06-30
sources: ["output/rz_uni_greifswald_de_dienste_allgemein_druck_management_system_linux_client.md"]
---

# Ghostscript

**Ghostscript** is an interpreter for the PostScript language and PDF files. In the context of the Universität Greifswald's print infrastructure, it is a required system package for the operation of the virtual network printer on Linux clients.