[Info-vax] GS convert PDF to PS.

[Dennis Boone]

 > When I used GS in the past, ISTR there were command files ps2pdf.com & 
 > pdf2ps.com (or maybe PDFTO PS.COM) in the distribution

In case the command used helps any, the pdf2ps shell script from
whatever version of ghostscript is installed on a handy linux box
(9.55.0) follows.

Obviously the -sDEVICE setting won't work for the OP, based on other
comments in this thread.

In particular, the "-c save pop" bit looks like something that might
be worth trying, though.

De


#!/bin/sh
# Convert PDF to PostScript.

# This definition is changed on install to match the
# executable name set in the makefile
GS_EXECUTABLE=gs
gs="`dirname \"$0\"`/$GS_EXECUTABLE"
if test ! -x "$gs"; then
    gs="$GS_EXECUTABLE"
fi
GS_EXECUTABLE="$gs"

OPTIONS=""
while true
do
    case "$1" in
    -?*) OPTIONS="$OPTIONS $1" ;;
    *)  break ;;
    esac
    shift
done

if [ $# -eq 2 ]
then
    outfile=$2
elif [ $# -eq 1 ]
then
    outfile=`basename "$1" \.pdf`.ps
else
    echo "Usage: `basename \"$0\"` [-dASCII85EncodePages=false] [-dLanguageLevel=1|2|3] input.pdf [output.ps]" 1>&2
    exit 1
fi

# Doing an initial 'save' helps keep fonts from being flushed between pages.
# We have to include the options twice because -I only takes effect if it
# appears before other options.
exec "$GS_EXECUTABLE" $OPTIONS -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -P- -dSAFER -sDEVICE=ps2write "-sOutputFile=$outfile" $OPTIONS -c save pop -f "$1"