PS2PDFWR(1) Ghostscript PS2PDFWR(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

ps2pdfwr - Convert PostScript to PDF without specifying CompatibilityLevel, using ghostscript

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**ps2pdfwr** \[options...] {input.\[e]ps|-} \[output.pdf|-]

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This wrapper script invokes [**gs**(1)](/man/os/ghostscript/gs.1) with following arguments

**-q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite**

as well as the appropriate **-dOutputFile** argument, all preceded and followed by any command-line arguments. Finally, the security option **-dSAFER** is prepended before all the other options (This is now redundant as "SAFER" is now the default, but the option does no harm).

The version-specific **ps2pdf** scripts all invoke this one with the addition of the respective compatibility level option.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**gs**(1)](/man/os/ghostscript/gs.1), [**ps2pdf**(1)](/man/os/ghostscript/ps2pdf.1)

# [VERSION](#VERSION)

This document was last revised for Ghostscript version 10.04.0.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

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

18 Sept 2024 10.04.0

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Document: ps2pdfwr(1) from ghostscript 10.08.0-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl