Ghostscript                                             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

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  func-
     tionality   (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, respec-
     tively, 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.   How-
          ever,  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.

     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 instruc-
     tions for generating PDF/X and PDF/A documents.

EXAMPLES
     Converting a figure.ps to figure.pdf:

          ps2pdf figure.ps

     A conversion with more specifics:

          ps2pdf -dPDFSETINGS=/prepress figure.ps proof.pdf



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Ghostscript                                             PS2PDF(1)



     Converting as part of a pipe:

          makereport.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 8.63.

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




































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