[Info-vax] GS convert PDF to PS.

[Chris Townley]

On 13/03/2022 15:13, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I'm new to Ghostscript.
> I try to convert a PDF file to a PS file.
> 
> And yes, this a step in the "print a PDF file" project.
> I had some issues with getting the Xerox printer to print
> a plain PDF file so I thought about converting i to to PS...
> 
> Have tried with:
> 
> $ gs "-dNOPAUSE" "-sDEVICE=ps2write" "-sOutputFile=out.ps" "-fOUT.PDF"
> 
> The input file OUT.PDF only contains one page with 6-7 text lines
> and one Code128 barcode. File created from the Python tool Reportlab.
> And "out" refers to the Python step, it is the "input" file to GS.
> 
> The PDf file opens fine on any other environment, also when put in
> a VMS directory served by WASD.
> 
> I have checked that the file org is as required by GS:
> 
>   Record format:      Stream_LF, maximum 0 bytes, longest 16384 bytes
>   Record attributes:  Carriage return carriage control
> 
> 
> GS just hangs and consumes 100% cpu until I end it with ctrl-C.
> Does it wait for some SYS$INPUT input? Any switch I'm missing?
> 
> $ gs "-dNOPAUSE" "-sDEVICE=ps2write" "-sOutputFile=out.ps" "-fOUT.PDF"
> GPL Ghostscript 9.55.0 (2021-09-27)
> Copyright (C) 2021 Artifex Software, Inc.  All rights reserved.
> This software is supplied under the GNU AGPLv3 and comes with NO WARRANTY:
> see the file COPYING for details.
> HV04JES_01 16:01:48 GS        CPU=00:04:01.95 PF=48109 IO=152495 MEM=1369
> HV04JES_01 16:01:51 GS        CPU=00:04:04.56 PF=48109 IO=152496 MEM=1369
> HV04JES_01 16:01:53 GS        CPU=00:04:06.37 PF=48109 IO=152497 MEM=1369
>   Interrupt
> 
> $
> 
> One empty OUT.PS file is created and some empty TMPDIR files.
> 
> _TEMP_T45404.;1       1/52        13-MAR-2022 16:01:45.84
> _TEMP_U45404.;1       0/0         13-MAR-2022 16:01:45.85
> _TEMP_V45404.;1       0/0         13-MAR-2022 16:01:45.85
> _TEMP_W45404.;1       0/0         13-MAR-2022 16:01:45.85
> 
> Any ideas? Some simple example for a GS command line to convert
> a PDF file to a PS file?
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Jan-Erik.
> 
When I used GS in the past, ISTR there were command files ps2pdf.com & 
pdf2ps.com (or maybe PDFTO PS.COM) in the distribution


Chris

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Chris