Re: Postscript to pdf ?

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From: James Mcpherson
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 00:00

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*** ~Bangg~ ** (bangg@compsoc.cs.latrobe.edu.au) spake thusly:
: Steve Merrifield (sjm@ee.latrobe.edu.au) wrote:
: : Anyone know of a utility to take a postscript file generated
: : by dvips and convert it to pdf format? I want to make some .ps 
: : files available via the web, and the target audience is most 
: : likely not able to handle .ps format...
: : I know of Acrobat Distiller, but I'd prefer something which
: : runs under Linux :)
: 
: Distiller is the only thing that will do that job   :-)
not entirely true.
:  
: Convert them on a mac or pc then use the unix acrobat reader   :-)

alternatively, grab ghostscript v5 and install the pdf stuff - that does
a conversion from ps->pdf and pdf->ps.

jcm
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From: mljmcphe@mailbox.uq.edu.au (James Mcpherson)
Subject: Re: Postscript to pdf ?
Date: 1997/06/25
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