ps2pdf12

PS2PDF(1)                         Ghostscript                        PS2PDF(1)



NAME
       ps2pdf - Convert PostScript to PDF using ghostscript
       ps2pdf12  - Convert PostScript to PDF 1.2 (Acrobat 3-and-later compati-
       ble) using ghostscript
       ps2pdf13 - Convert PostScript to PDF 1.3 (Acrobat 4-and-later  compati-
       ble) 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) prod-
       uct:  they  convert  PostScript files to Portable Document Format (PDF)
       files.

       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).

       -      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  compatibility  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  docu-
       mentation for more information.

SEE ALSO
       gs(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 Fergu-
       son.



7.05                             22 April 2002                       PS2PDF(1)