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
SYNOPSIS
ps2pdf [options...] (input.[e]ps|-) [output.pdf|-]
ps2pdf12 [options...] (input.[e]ps|-) [output.pdf|-]
ps2pdf13 [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.
The three scripts differ as follows:
- ps2pdf12 will always produce PDF 1.2 output (Acro
bat 3-and-later compatible).
- ps2pdf13 will always produce PDF 1.3 output (Acro
bat 4-and-later compatible).
- ps2pdf per se currently produces PDF 1.2 output
(Acrobat 3-and-later compatible). However, this may
change in the future. If you care about the compat
ibility level of the output, use ps2pdf12 or
ps2pdf13, 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.
SEE ALSOgs(1), ps2pdfwr(1),
Ps2pdf.htm in the Ghostscript documentation
VERSION
This document was last revised for Ghostscript version
7.05.
AUTHOR
L. Peter Deutsch <ghost@aladdin.com> is the principal
author of Ghostscript. Russell J. Lang <rjl@aladdin.com>
is the author of most of the MS Windows code in
Ghostscript. This manpage by George Ferguson.
7.05 22 April 2002 PS2PDF(1)
