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ps2pdf - Convert PostScript to PDF using ghostscript
ps2pdf12 - Convert PostScript to PDF 1.2 (Acrobat 3-and-later compatible) using
ghostscript
ps2pdf13 - Convert PostScript to PDF 1.3 (Acrobat 4-and-later compatible) using
ghostscript
ps2pdf14 - Convert PostScript to PDF 1.4 (Acrobat 5-and-later compatible) using
ghostscript
ps2pdf [options...] {input.[e]ps|-} [output.pdf|-]
ps2pdf12 [options...] {input.[e]ps|-} [output.pdf|-]
ps2pdf13 [options...] {input.[e]ps|-} [output.pdf|-]
ps2pdf14 [options...] {input.[e]ps|-} [output.pdf|-]
The ps2pdf scripts
are work-alikes for nearly all the functionality (but not the user interface)
of Adobe’s Acrobat(TM) Distiller(TM) product: they convert PostScript files
to Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
If the output filename is not
specified, the output is placed in a file of the same name with a ’.pdf’ extension
in the current working directory. Either the input filename or the output
filename can be ’-’ to request reading from stdin or writing to stdout, respectively,
when used as a filter.
The three scripts differ as follows:
- -
- ps2pdf12 will
always produce PDF 1.2 output (Acrobat 3-and-later compatible).
- -
- ps2pdf13 will
always produce PDF 1.3 output (Acrobat 4-and-later compatible).
- -
- ps2pdf14 will
always produce PDF 1.4 output (Acrobat 5-and-later compatible).
- -
- ps2pdf per
se currently produces PDF 1.4 output. However, this may change in the future.
If you care about the compatibility level of the output, use ps2pdf12,
ps2pdf13 or ps2pdf14, or use the -dCompatibility=1.x switch in the command
line.
There are some limitations in ps2pdf’s conversion. See the HTML documentation
for more information. A large number of Adobe Distiller(TM) parameters
which can be used to control the conversion are also documented there,
including instructions for generating PDF/X and PDF/A documents.
The
ps2pdf scripts use the same options as gs(1)
.
Converting a figure.ps
to figure.pdf:
- ps2pdf
- figure.ps
A conversion with more specifics:
- ps2pdf
- -dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress figure.ps proof.pdf
Converting as part of a pipe:
- make_report.pl
- -t ps | ps2pdf -dCompatibility=1.3 - - | lpr
gs(1)
, ps2pdfwr(1)
,
Ps2pdf.htm in the Ghostscript documentation
See http://bugs.ghostscript.com/
and the Usenet news group comp.lang.postscript.
This document was last
revised for Ghostscript version 9.16.
Artifex Software, Inc. are the
primary maintainers of Ghostscript. This manpage by George Ferguson.
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