EDRC/PS2PDF
Package: WA2L/edrc 1.5.57
Section: Ghostscript (3)
Updated: 07 May 2023
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NAME
ps2pdf - Convert PostScript to PDF using Ghostscript
SYNOPSIS
ps2pdf [options...] {input.[e]ps|-} [output.pdf|-]
AVAILABILITY
WA2L/edrc
DESCRIPTION
The
ps2pdf
command is a work-alike 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.
- -
-
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 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
command uses the same options as gs(3).
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
edrcintro(1),
gs(3),
https://ghostscript.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Use.html,
https://ghostscript.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Use.html#convert-a-postscript-document-to-pdf,
https://ghostscript.com/
BUGS
See http://bugs.ghostscript.com/ and the Usenet news group
comp.lang.postscript.
VERSION
This document was last revised for Ghostscript version 10.00.
AUTHOR
Artifex Software, Inc. are the
primary maintainers of Ghostscript.
This manpage by George Ferguson.
This manpage of
ps2pdf
has been adapted from the original to reflect the integration
into WA2L/edrc by Christian Walther. Send suggestions
and bug reports regarding the integration to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .
This document was created by man2html
using the manual pages.
Time: 16:17:43 GMT, April 17, 2025