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 interface) 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 future. 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 information. 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 10.03.1.

AUTHOR

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

10.03.1 06 May 2024 PS2PDF(1)