term% cat index.txt PS2PDF(1) General Commands Manual PS2PDF(1)
NAME
ps2pdf, pdf2ps - convert between PostScript and PDF
SYNOPSIS
ps2pdf [ gs-options ] [ input-file [ output-file ] ]
pdf2ps [ gs-options ] [ input-file [ output-file ] ]
DESCRIPTION
Ps2pdf and pdf2ps convert from PostScript to PDF and back by invoking
gs(1). If output-file is not specified, they write to standard output.
If neither input-file nor output-file is not specified, they read from
standard input and write to standard output.
The gs-options are passed to Ghostscript unaltered. The most useful
option to ps2pdf is -dCompatibilityLevel=level, which sets the version
of PDF to be written. The default is 1.2; 1.3 and 1.4 are also possi‐
ble. Similarly, the most useful option to pdf2ps is -dLan‐
guageLevel=level, which sets the version of PostScript to be written.
The default is 2; 1 and 3 are also possible.
Ps2pdf produces output competitive with Adobe Distiller in most cases,
and it accepts all the embedded PDF-generation hints that Adobe Dis‐
tiller does.
Pdf2ps produces a PostScript file containing one large bitmap per page.
For a more direct and smaller translation, use Adobe Acrobat's -toPost‐
Script command-line option.
SOURCE
/rc/bin/ps2pdf
/rc/bin/pdf2ps
SEE ALSO
gs(1)
BUGS
Gs's pdfwrite sometimes emits bad PDF at the default level 1.2. Adding
'-dCompatibilityLevel=1.4' should cure it.
PS2PDF(1)