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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Man page of PS2PDF</TITLE>
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<H1>PS2PDF</H1>
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Section: Ghostscript (1)<BR>Updated: 15 October 2019<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html">Return to Main Contents</A><HR>
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<A NAME="lbAB"> </A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
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ps2pdf - Convert PostScript to PDF using ghostscript
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ps2pdf12 - Convert PostScript to PDF 1.2 (Acrobat 3-and-later compatible) using ghostscript
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ps2pdf13 - Convert PostScript to PDF 1.3 (Acrobat 4-and-later compatible) using ghostscript
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ps2pdf14 - Convert PostScript to PDF 1.4 (Acrobat 5-and-later compatible) using ghostscript
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<A NAME="lbAC"> </A>
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<B>ps2pdf</B> [options...] {input.[e]ps|-} [output.pdf|-]
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<BR>
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<B>ps2pdf12</B> [options...] {input.[e]ps|-} [output.pdf|-]
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<BR>
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<B>ps2pdf13</B> [options...] {input.[e]ps|-} [output.pdf|-]
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<BR>
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<B>ps2pdf14</B> [options...] {input.[e]ps|-} [output.pdf|-]
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<A NAME="lbAD"> </A>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
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The
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<B>ps2pdf</B>
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scripts are work-alikes for nearly all the functionality (but not the
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user interface) of Adobe's Acrobat(TM) Distiller(TM) product: they
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convert PostScript files to Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
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<P>
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If the output filename is not specified, the output is placed in a file
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of the same name with a '.pdf' extension in the current working
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directory. Either the input filename or the output filename can be '-'
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to request reading from stdin or writing to stdout, respectively,
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when used as a filter.
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<P>
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The three scripts differ as follows:
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT id="1">-<DD>
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<B>ps2pdf12</B>
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will always produce PDF 1.2 output (Acrobat 3-and-later compatible).
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<DT id="2">-<DD>
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<B>ps2pdf13</B>
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will always produce PDF 1.3 output (Acrobat 4-and-later compatible).
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<DT id="3">-<DD>
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<B>ps2pdf14</B>
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will always produce PDF 1.4 output (Acrobat 5-and-later compatible).
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<DT id="4">-<DD>
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<B>ps2pdf</B>
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per se currently produces PDF 1.4 output.
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However, this may change in the future. If you care about
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the compatibility level of the output, use
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<B>ps2pdf12</B>,
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<B>ps2pdf13</B>
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or
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<B>ps2pdf14</B>,
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or use the
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<B>-dCompatibilityLevel=1.x</B>
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switch in the command line.
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</DL>
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<P>
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There are some limitations in
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<B>ps2pdf</B>'s
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conversion. See the HTML documentation for more information. A large
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number of Adobe Distiller(TM) parameters which can be used to control
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the conversion are also documented there, including instructions for
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generating PDF/X and PDF/A documents.
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<H2>OPTIONS</H2>
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The
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<B>ps2pdf</B>
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scripts use the same options as <A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+gs">gs</A>(1).
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<A NAME="lbAF"> </A>
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<H2>EXAMPLES</H2>
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Converting a figure.ps to figure.pdf:
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT id="5"><DD>
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<B>ps2pdf</B>
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<I>figure.ps</I>
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</DL>
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<P>
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A conversion with more specifics:
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT id="6"><DD>
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<B>ps2pdf</B>
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-dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress
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<I>figure.ps proof.pdf</I>
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</DL>
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<P>
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Converting as part of a pipe:
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT id="7"><DD>
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<B>make_report.pl </B>
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-t ps |
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<B>ps2pdf</B>
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-dCompatibilityLevel=1.3 - - |
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<B>lpr</B>
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</DL>
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<A NAME="lbAG"> </A>
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
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<A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+gs">gs</A>(1), <A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+ps2pdfwr">ps2pdfwr</A>(1),
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<BR>
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Ps2pdf.htm in the Ghostscript documentation
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<A NAME="lbAH"> </A>
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<H2>BUGS</H2>
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See <A HREF="http://bugs.ghostscript.com/">http://bugs.ghostscript.com/</A> and the Usenet news group
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comp.lang.postscript.
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<A NAME="lbAI"> </A>
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<H2>VERSION</H2>
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This document was last revised for Ghostscript version 9.50.
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<A NAME="lbAJ"> </A>
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<H2>AUTHOR</H2>
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Artifex Software, Inc. are the
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primary maintainers of Ghostscript.
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This manpage by George Ferguson.
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<P>
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<HR>
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<A NAME="index"> </A><H2>Index</H2>
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<DL>
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<DT id="8"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
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<DT id="9"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
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<DT id="10"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
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<DT id="11"><A HREF="#lbAE">OPTIONS</A><DD>
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<DT id="12"><A HREF="#lbAF">EXAMPLES</A><DD>
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<DT id="13"><A HREF="#lbAG">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
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<DT id="14"><A HREF="#lbAH">BUGS</A><DD>
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<DT id="15"><A HREF="#lbAI">VERSION</A><DD>
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<DT id="16"><A HREF="#lbAJ">AUTHOR</A><DD>
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</DL>
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<HR>
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This document was created by
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<A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html">man2html</A>,
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using the manual pages.<BR>
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Time: 00:05:25 GMT, March 31, 2021
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