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
       ps2pdf14  - Convert PostScript to PDF 1.4 (Acrobat 5-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|-]
       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) prod-
       uct: 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  direc-
       tory.  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 docu-
       mentation for more information. A large number of  Adobe  Distiller(TM)
       parameters  which  can be used to control the conversion are also docu-
       mented 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 -dCompatibility=1.3 - - | lpr

SEE ALSO
       gs(1), ps2pdfwr(1),
       Ps2pdf.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 9.06.

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



9.06                             8 August 2012                       PS2PDF(1)
