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) 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 documentation for more information.

SEE ALSO

       gs(1), ps2pdfwr(1),
       Ps2pdf.htm in the Ghostscript documentation

VERSION

       This document was last revised for Ghostscript version 7.05.

AUTHOR

       L. Peter Deutsch <ghost@aladdin.com> is the principal author of Ghostscript.  Russell J. Lang <rjl@aladdin.com> is the author  of  most	of
       the MS Windows code in Ghostscript.  This manpage by George Ferguson.

7.05								   22 April 2002							 PS2PDF(1)