PDF2PS

Section: Ghostscript Tools (1)
Updated: 10 February 2010
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NAME

pdf2ps - Ghostscript PDF to PostScript translator

SYNOPSIS

pdf2ps [ options ] input.pdf [output.ps]

DESCRIPTION

pdf2ps uses gs(1) to convert the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file "input.pdf" to PostScript(tm) in "output.ps". Normally the output is allowed to use PostScript Level 2 (but not PostScript LanguageLevel 3) constructs; the -dLanguageLevel=1 option restricts the output to Level 1, while -dLanguageLevel=3 allows using LanguageLevel 3 in the output.

FILES

Run "gs -h" to find the location of Ghostscript documentation on your system, from which you can get more details.

VERSION

This document was last revised for Ghostscript version 8.71.

AUTHOR

Artifex Software, Inc. are the primary maintainers of Ghostscript.