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:
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ps2pdf12 will always produce PDF 1.2 output (Acrobat
3-and-later compatible).
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ps2pdf13 will always produce PDF 1.3 output (Acrobat
4-and-later compatible).
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ps2pdf14 will always produce PDF 1.4 output (Acrobat
5-and-later compatible).
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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.
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:
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make_report.pl -t ps | ps2pdf
-dCompatibilityLevel=1.3 - - | lpr
gs(1),
ps2pdfwr(1),
VectorDevices.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 10.00.0.
Artifex Software, Inc. are the primary maintainers of Ghostscript. This manpage
by George Ferguson.