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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 9.56.1.


AUTHOR

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

9.56.1                           4 April 2022                        PS2PDF(1)

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