PS2PDF
Section: Ghostscript (1)
Updated: 26 September 2016
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NAME
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
SYNOPSIS
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|-]
DESCRIPTION
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
-dCompatibilityLevel=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.
OPTIONS
The
ps2pdf
scripts use the same options as
gs(1).
EXAMPLES
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
-dCompatibilityLevel=1.3 - - |
lpr
SEE ALSO
gs(1),
ps2pdfwr(1),
Ps2pdf.htm in the Ghostscript documentation
BUGS
See
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/ and the Usenet news group
comp.lang.postscript.
VERSION
This document was last revised for Ghostscript version 9.20.
AUTHOR
Artifex Software, Inc. are the
primary maintainers of Ghostscript.
This manpage by George Ferguson.
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