ps2pdf14
Convert PostScript to PDF 1.4 (Acrobat 5-and-later compatible) using ghostscript
see also :
gs - ps2pdfwr
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|-]
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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 -dCompatibility=1.3 -
- | lpr
source
%.pdf: %.ps
ps2pdf14 $<
%.ps: %.dvi
dvips -Ppdf -G0 $< -o $@
%.dvi: %.tex
latex $<
clean:
rm -f *.log *.aux $(TARGET) *.ps *.dvi *.out
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
-dCompatibility=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).
version
This document was last revised for Ghostscript version 9.07.
bugs
See
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/ and the Usenet news group
comp.lang.postscript.
see also
gs ,
ps2pdfwr ,
Ps2pdf.htm in the Ghostscript documentation
author
Artifex
Software, Inc. are the primary maintainers of Ghostscript.
This manpage by George Ferguson.