[Info-vax] GS convert PDF to PS.

[jouk]

On 14/03/2022 11:27, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> Den 2022-03-14 kl. 10:35, skrev Joukj:
>> Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>>> Den 2022-03-14 kl. 09:07, skrev Joukj:
>>>> Craig A. Berry wrote:
>>>>> On 3/13/22 5:06 PM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>>>>>> Den 2022-03-13 kl. 20:49, skrev gah4:
>>>>>>> On Sunday, March 13, 2022 at 8:13:12 AM UTC-7, Jan-Erik Söderholm 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> I'm new to Ghostscript.
>>>>>>>> I try to convert a PDF file to a PS file.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> PDF is a subset of PS, such that a PDF file can be converted to PS
>>>>>>> without processing the actual data.  That is, pdftops is a fairly
>>>>>>> simple program.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So what is "pdftops"? Do you have a link to that (for OpenVMS) ?
>>>>>
>>>>> It appears to be part of XpdfReader rather than Ghostscript:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.xpdfreader.com/pdftops-man.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Once upon a time, it ran on VMS.  There seems to be something about it
>>>>> at VSI:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://vmssoftware.com/openkits/i64opensource/VSI-I64VMS-XPDF-V0300-4B-1-RNOTES.PDF 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Possibly there is still a version that runs on VMS.
>>>>
>>>> It is also included in POPPLER which is derived from XPDF
>>>>
>>>> I got both of them compiled on my VMS systems
>>>>    see :
>>>>         http://nchrem.tnw.tudelft.nl/openvms/software2.html#POPPLER
>>>>         http://nchrem.tnw.tudelft.nl/openvms/software2.html#XPDF
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>     Jouk
>>>
>>> Many thanks for the links! Now, all these has a lot of "Other packages
>>> required" listed and I do not need/want all that "viewer" or X11 stuff.
>>>
>>> Just a command line PDF to PS conversion tool without having to
>>> deal with X11, DECWindows or anything like that.
>>>
>>> So if someone has a version of pdftops built for Alpha, I could be
>>> interested in a copy.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I put a a link to the binaries of the poppler utilities on my website 
>> for AXP (I will do Itanium later to day, no X86, because I do not have 
>> that yet)
>> http://nchrem.tnw.tudelft.nl/openvms/software2.html#POPPLER
>>
>>       Jouk
> 
> That was kind! I will try that pdftops utility later today.
> 
Note that the XPDF istribution of VSI also co ntains the pdftops tool:
https://vmssoftware.com/openkits/alpopensource/VSI-AXPVMS-XPDF-V0300-4B-1-RNOTES.PDF