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
SYNOPSIS
ps2pdf [options...] {input.[e]ps|-} [output.pdf|-] ps2pdf12 [options...] {input.[e]ps|-} [output.pdf|-] ps2pdf13 [options...] {input.[e]ps|-} [output.pdf|-]
DESCRIPTION
The ps2pdf scripts are work-alikes for nearly all the functionality (but not the user interface) of Adobes 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). |
- | 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 or ps2pdf13, or use the -dCompatibility=1.x switch in the command line. |
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 8.64.
AUTHOR
Artifex Software, Inc. are the primary maintainers of Ghostscript. This manpage by George Ferguson.