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PDF2DSC
!!!PDF2DSC
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
CAVEATS
SEE ALSO
VERSION
AUTHOR
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!!NAME


pdf2dsc - generate a PostScript page list of a PDF document
!!SYNOPSIS


__pdf2dsc__ ''input.pdf'' [[ ''output.dsc''
]
!!DESCRIPTION


__pdf2dsc__ uses gs(1) to read an Adobe
__Portable Document Format__ (PDF) document
__PostScript__(tm)
document
__Document Structuring Conventions__ (DSC)
requirements.


This new document simply tells Ghostscript to read the PDF
file and to display pages one at a time. The generated
document can then be viewed with any PostScript viewer based
on Ghostscript, like ghostview(1) on Unix or
__GSview__ on Windows, with which the user can browse
through the pages of the PDF document in any
order.


If no output file is named on the command line, the name of
the output file is that of the input file with any extension
removed, followed by the extension
!!CAVEATS


The DSC document uses Ghostscript-specific procedures. In
addition, the original PDF document must be accessible when
the DSC document is processed.


You need the file
!!SEE ALSO


gs(1), ghostview(1)
!!VERSION


This document was last revised for Ghostscript version
6.53.
!!AUTHOR


Yves Arrouye
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