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<h1><tt>ps2ps2</tt>: Converts Postscript Level 3 or PDF into Postscript Level 2</h1>
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<h2>Table of contents</h2>
<blockquote><ul>
<li><a href="#Overview">Overview</a>
<li><a href="#Usage">Usage</a>
<li><a href="#Options">Options</a>
<li><a href="#PPD">Ghostscript PS2 Printer Description</a>
<li><a href="#printer_control">Controlling the printer behavior</a>
<li><a href="#Limitations">Limitations</a>
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<h2><a name="Overview"></a>Overview</h2>
<code>ps2ps2</code> is a script for converting a PDF or a Postscript Level 3 into
Postscript Level 2.
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<code>ps2ps2</code> is implemented as a very small command script (batch
file) that invokes Ghostscript, selecting a special "output device" called
<code>ps2write</code>. In order to use <code>ps2ps2</code>, the
<code>ps2write</code> device must be included in the makefile when
Ghostscript was compiled; see the <a
href="Make.htm#Features_and_devices">documentation on building
Ghostscript</a> for details: this is currently the case on all platforms, in
Ghostscript as we distribute it.
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<h2><a name="Usage"></a>Usage</h2>
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The usage for <code>ps2ps2</code> is
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ps2ps2</code> <em>[options] input.{ps|eps|pdf} output.ps</em>
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<h2><a name="Options"></a>Options</h2>
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The <em>options</em> given on the command line may include any switches
valid for use with Ghostscript's PostScript and PDF interpreter (see
<a href="Use.htm#Switches">here</a> for a complete list).
<p>
Since <code>ps2write</code> makes use of some printer
parameters when converting high level objects into Level 2 objects,
we strongly recommend setting those values appropriately for the
target printer or other output device.
In particular, it is important that
<a href="Use.htm#Output_resolution">Output resolution</a>,
<a href="Use.htm#FIXEDMEDIA"><code>-dFIXEDMEDIA</code></a>, and
<code>ProcessColorModel</code> to be set correctly.
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<b>Important :</b>
If the target printer can't handle a particular font type,
ps2write converts the fonts into a bitmap fonts representation,
using the resolution specified when ps2write is invoked.
In particular this can happen with CID fonts, which are not Postscript Level 2 objects.
In general these are converted to multiple instances of other font types)
Therefore the page device parameter <code>PageSize</code>
must match the target printer, and we recommend setting
the <code>PageSize</code> entry of the <code>Policies</code>
dictionary to 3, in order to provide correct page scaling
in the Postscript interpreter when ps2write is invoked.
</em>
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More importantly, <em>options</em> passed to ps2ps2 may include
<code>-d</code><em>parameter</em>=<em>value</em> or
<code>-s</code><em>parameter</em>=<em>string</em> switches for setting
"distiller parameters", Adobe's documented parameters for controlling the
conversion process. The PostScript <code>setdistillerparams</code> and
<code>currentdistillerparams</code> operators are also recognized when
running <code>ps2ps2</code>, and provide an equivalent way to set these
parameters from within the PostScript input file.
<p>
The <code>ps2write</code> device handles the same set of distiller
parameters as
are handled by the <code>pdfwrite</code> device. See the
<a href="Ps2pdf.htm#Options">PostScript-to-PDF converter</a>
documentation for a complete description of how to use them to
control the document conversion.
<p>
The following options may be important for <code>ps2ps2</code> due to the target printer features:
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<dt><code>-dPatternImagemask=</code><em>boolean</em>,
<dt><code>-dMaxClipPathSize=</code><em>integer</em>,
<dt><code>-dMaxShadingBitmapSize=</code><em>integer</em>,
<dt><code>-dHaveTrueTypes=</code><em>boolean</em>.
</dl>
See <a href="Ps2pdf.htm#Options">PostScript-to-PDF converter</a> for details.
The option <code>-dMaxInlineImageSize=</code><em>integer</em>
must not be used with <code>ps2ps2</code>.
<p>
This set includes all of the Acrobat Distiller 5 parameters
defined in the DistillerParameters document included in the
<a href="http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/acrobat/sdk/index.html">Acrobat SDK</a>.
Default values are same as the <code>printer</code> settings defined
in <a href="Ps2pdf.htm#Options">PostScript-to-PDF converter</a>,
with these exceptions:
<dl>
<dt><code>/PreserveHalftoneInfo</code> <em>true</em>,
<dt><code>/TransferFunctionInfo</code> <em>/Preserve</em>,
<dt><code>/CompressPages</code> <em>true</em>,
<dt><code>/CompressFonts</code> <em>true</em>,
<dt><code>/ASCII85EncodePages</code> <em>true</em>,
</dl>
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There are also the following ps2write specific options :
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<code>-dProduceDSC=</code><em>boolean</em>
<dd> Default value is true. When this value is true the output PostScript file will be constructed in a way which is compatible with the Adobe Document Structuring Convention, and will include a set of comments appropriate for use by document managers which enables features such as page extraction, N-up printing and so on to be performed. When set to false, the output file will no be DSC-compliant, but will contain a valid PDF file wrapped up in a PostScript header. This is a change as of version 9.01 of Ghostscript, previously there was no DSC-compliant output from ps2write, and the behviour was as the case when <code>ProduceDSC</code> is false.
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<code>-dCompressEntireFile=</code><em>boolean</em>
<dd>When this parameter is true, the <code>LZWEncode</code>
and <code>ASCII85Encode</code> filters will be applied to the entire output file.
In this case <code>CompressPages</code> should be false to prevent a dual compression.
When this parameter is false, these filters will be applied to the initial procset only,
if <code>CompressPages</code> is true.
Default value is <code>false</code>.
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Note: It is not possible to set <code>CompressEntireFile</code> when <code>ProduceDSC</code> is true as a single compressed object cannot conform to the DSC. It is possible to set <code>CompressPages</code> which will also compress the ps2write ProcSet.
<h2><a name="PPD"></a>Ghostscript PS2 Printer Description</h2>
<p>
Not implemented yet.
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<h2><a name="printer_control"></a>Controlling the printer behavior</h2>
<p>
A few options can be used to control the behavior of the printer or
program that reads the result of ps2ps2. These options cannot be used if <code>ProduceDSC</code> is true, as they break the page-independence required for DSC files.
<dl>
<dt><code>-dRotatePages=</code><em>boolean</em>.
<dd>The printer will rotate pages
for a better fitting into the real page size. Default value : <em>false</em>.
Must be <em>false</em> if <code>-dSetPageSize=true</code>.
<dt><code>-dFitPages=</code><em>boolean</em>.
<dd>The printer will scale pages down
to fit into the real page size. The rendering quality may be poor due to the scaling,
especially for fonts which Ghostscript had converted into bitmaps
(see the <em>ps2write</em> device parameter <code>HaveTrueTypes</code>;
See <a href="#Options">Options</a> about the <code>PageSize</code> entry of the <code>Policies</code>
dictionary while the conversion step).
Default value : <em>false</em>.
Must be <em>false</em> if <code>-dSetPageSize=true</code> or <code>-dCenterPages=true</code>.
<dt><code>-dCenterPages=</code><em>boolean</em>.
<dd>The printer will center the page image on the selected media. Compatible with <code>-dRotatePages=true</code>, which may rotate the image on the media if it fits better, and then center it.
Default value : <em>false</em>.
Must be <em>false</em> if <code>-dSetPageSize=true</code> or <code>-dFitPages=true</code>.
<dt><code>-dSetPageSize=</code><em>boolean</em>.
<dd>The printer will try to set page size from the job.
Only use with printers which can handle random <em>PageSize</em>.
Must be <em>false</em> if <code>-dRotatePages=true</code>, <code>-dCenterPages=true</code> or <code>-dFitPages=true</code>.
<dt><code>-dDoNumCopies=</code><em>boolean</em>.
<dd>The PostScript emitted by ps2write will try to use copypage to create the number of copies originally requested. Note that this relies on the level 2 semantics for copypage
and will not reliably work on language level 3 devices (such as Ghostscript itself).
Defaults to false. This flag is not compatible with the ProduceDSC flag which will take precedence if set.
</dl>
<p>
These correspond to keys in the Postscript <em>userdict</em>
of the target printer's virtual memory to control its behavior while
executing a job generated with <code>ps2ps2</code>.
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These keys can be set when executing ps2ps2 (or using the ps2write device),
this 'fixes' the resulting behaviour according to which key has been set.
If these keys are not defined during conversion, the resulting PostScript
will not attempt any form of media selection.
In this case the behaviour can then be modified by setting the keys, either by modifying the resulting
PostScript or setting the values in some other manner on the target device.
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<h2><a name="Limitations"></a>Limitations</h2>
<p>
Attempting to generate a device independent Postscript Level 2 is a bad idea.
Postscript Level 2 data are device dependent by definition. Let Ghostscript know
the features of the specific printer as described in
<a href="#Options">Options</a> while generating a printer job.
<p>
<p>
<code>ps2ps2</code> provides a simplified interface to the Ghostscript
command line. It is not possible to use <code>-c</code> option or pass
multiple source files. For unrestricted access to the command line
parameters, use Ghostscript directly. E.g. :
<blockquote><code>
gs -q -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sOutputFile=file.ps </code><em>[more options]</em><code> \<br>
-sDEVICE=ps2write </code><em>source1.pdf [more files]</em>
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