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 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
       8.54.

AUTHOR
       Artifex Software, Inc. and artofcode LLC are  the  primary
       maintainers of Ghostscript.  This manpage by George Fergu-
       son.



8.54                       17 May 2006                  PS2PDF(1)