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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

BUGS

       See    http://bugs.ghostscript.com/   and   the   Usenet   news   group
       comp.lang.postscript.

VERSION

       This document was last revised for Ghostscript version 8.62.

AUTHOR

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

8.62                           29 February 2008                      PS2PDF(1)