ps2pdf14(1) - man - phpman

PS2PDF(1)                                    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
       ps2pdf14 - Convert PostScript to PDF 1.4 (Acrobat 5-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|-]
       ps2pdf14  [options...] {input.[e]ps|-} [output.pdf|-]

DESCRIPTION
       The  ps2pdf scripts are work-alikes for nearly all the functionality (but not the user inter‐
       face) 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 in a file of the same name with
       a '.pdf' extension in the current working directory. Either the input filename or the  output
       filename  can  be  '-' to request reading from stdin or writing to stdout, respectively, 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).

       -      ps2pdf14 will always produce PDF 1.4 output (Acrobat 5-and-later compatible).

       -      ps2pdf per se currently produces PDF 1.4 output.  However, this may change in the  fu‐
              ture.  If you care about the compatibility level of the output, use ps2pdf12, ps2pdf13
              or ps2pdf14, or use the -dCompatibilityLevel=1.x switch in the command line.

       There are some limitations in ps2pdf's conversion. See the HTML documentation for more infor‐
       mation.  A  large  number  of Adobe Distiller(TM) parameters which can be used to control the
       conversion are also documented there, including instructions for generating PDF/X  and  PDF/A
       documents.

OPTIONS
       The ps2pdf scripts use the same options as gs(1).

EXAMPLES
       Converting a figure.ps to figure.pdf:

              ps2pdf figure.ps

       A conversion with more specifics:

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

       Converting as part of a pipe:

              make_report.pl -t ps | ps2pdf -dCompatibilityLevel=1.3 - - | lpr

SEE ALSO
       gs(1), ps2pdfwr(1),
       VectorDevices.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 9.55.0.

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



9.55.0                                    27 September 2021                                PS2PDF(1)