PS2PDF(1)
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 is a file
of the same name with a '.pdf' extension. 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.
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 -dCompatibility=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 8.71.
AUTHOR
- Artifex Software, Inc. are the primary maintainers of Ghostscript.
This manpage by George Ferguson.