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Newer page: version 4 Last edited on Tuesday, March 9, 2004 10:58:35 am by JohnMcPherson
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-PS2PDF  
- !!!PS2PDF  
-NAME  
-SYNOPSIS  
-DESCRIPTION  
-SEE ALSO  
-VERSION  
-AUTHOR  
+Note ! See our [CreatingPDFs] page for some tips when using ps2pdf.  
+ 
 ---- 
+!!!PS2PDF  
+  
+  
 !!NAME 
  
+ps2pdf - Convert PostScript to [PDF] using ghostscript  
  
-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|-]  
  
  
-__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 
 functionality (but not the user interface) of Adobe's 
-Acrobat(TM) Distiller(TM) product: they convert ! PostScript  
-files to Portable Document Format (PDF) files. 
+Acrobat(TM) Distiller(TM) product: they convert PostScript  
+files to Portable Document Format ([ PDF] ) files. 
  
  
 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 1.2 output  
- (Acrobat 3-and-later compatible). However, 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. 
+* __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 1.2 output (Acrobat 3-and-later compatible). However, 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. 
+  
+  
 !!SEE ALSO 
-  
  
 gs(1), ps2pdfwr(1), 
 Ps2pdf.htm in the Ghostscript documentation [http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/AFPL/7.04/Ps2pdf.htm] 
+  
 !!VERSION 
  
  
 This document was last revised for Ghostscript version 
 6.53. 
-!!AUTHOR  
  
+!!AUTHOR  
  
 L. Peter Deutsch 
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