pdf2ps(1)

pdf2ps1

Ghostscript pdf to postscript translator

Usage

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

Overview

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 10.04.0.

Releases

15 releases since Debian 2.1 (Slink); the text changed 12 times.

  1. 2.1–2.2
  2. 3.0
  3. 3.1
  4. 4.0
  5. 5.0
  6. 6.0
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13–Arch

Author

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

From ghostscript 10.08.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.