Man page 1 : ps2pdf

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 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:

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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

R ps2pdf12 ,

ps2pdf13 or

R ps2pdf14 , or use the

-dCompatibility=1.x switch in the command line.

There are some limitations in

R 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:

make_report.pl -t ps |

ps2pdf -dCompatibility=1.3 - - |

lpr

gs(1), ps2pdfwr(1),
Ps2pdf.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 8.71.

Artifex Software, Inc. are the primary maintainers of Ghostscript. This manpage by George Ferguson.