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.
If the output filename is not specified, the output is placed is a file
of the same name with a '.pdf' extension. Either the input filename or
the output filename can be '-' to request reading from stdin or writing
to stdout, respectively, when used as a filter.
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 1.4 output.
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. A large
number of Adobe Distiller(TM) parameters which can be used to control
the conversion are also documented there, including instructions for
generating PDF/X and PDF/A documents.