PS2PDF
NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION SEE ALSO VERSION AUTHOR
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
ps2pdf [options...? (input.[e?ps|-) [output.pdf? ps2pdf12 [options...? (input.[e?ps|-) [output.pdf? ps2pdf13 [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.
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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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.
gs(1), ps2pdfwr(1),
Ps2pdf.htm in the Ghostscript documentation http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/AFPL/7.04/Ps2pdf.htm
This document was last revised for Ghostscript version 6.53.
L. Peter Deutsch
3 pages link to ps2pdf(1):