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.\" $Id: pdf2dsc.1,v 1.36 2005/10/20 19:46:55 ray Exp $
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.TH PDF2DSC 1 "20 October 2005" 8.53 "Ghostscript Tools" \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
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pdf2dsc \- generate a PostScript page list of a PDF document
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBpdf2dsc\fR \fIinput.pdf\fR [ \fIoutput.dsc\fR ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fBpdf2dsc\fR uses \fBgs\fR(1) to read an Adobe \fBPortable Document
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Format\fR (PDF) document "input.pdf" and create a \fBPostScript\fR(tm)
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document "output.dsc" that conforms to Adobe's \fBDocument Structuring
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Conventions\fR (DSC) requirements.
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.PP
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This new document simply tells Ghostscript to read the PDF file and to
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display pages one at a time. The generated document can then be viewed
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with any PostScript viewer based on Ghostscript, like \fBghostview\fR(1) on
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Unix or \fBGSview\fR on Windows, with which the user can browse through the
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pages of the PDF document in any order.
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.PP
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If no output file is named on the command line, the name of the output file
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is that of the input file with any extension removed, followed by the
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extension "\.dsc".
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.SH CAVEATS
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The DSC document uses Ghostscript-specific procedures. In addition, the
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original PDF document must be accessible when the DSC document is
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processed.
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.PP
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You need the file "pdf2dsc.ps" (originally by Russell Lang) supplied with
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Ghostscript since release 3.53.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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gs(1), ghostview(1)
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.SH VERSION
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This document was last revised for Ghostscript version 8.53.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Yves Arrouye <yves.arrouye@usa.net> and Russell Lang gsview at ghostgum.com.au
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