PDF2DSC(1)		      Ghostscript Tools			   PDF2DSC(1)



NAME
       pdf2dsc - generate a PostScript page list of a PDF document

SYNOPSIS
       pdf2dsc input.pdf [ output.dsc ]

DESCRIPTION
       pdf2dsc	uses  gs(1)  to	 read an Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF)
       document "input.pdf" and create a PostScript(tm) document "output.dsc"
       that  conforms  to  Adobe's  Document  Structuring  Conventions	(DSC)
       requirements.

       This new document simply tells Ghostscript to read the PDF file and to
       display	pages  one  at	a  time.   The generated document can then be
       viewed  with  any  PostScript  viewer  based  on	  Ghostscript,	 like
       ghostview(1)  on	 Unix  or  GSview on Windows, with which the user can
       browse through the pages of the PDF document in any order.

       If no output file is named on the command line, the name of the output
       file is that of the input file with any extension removed, followed by
       the extension ".dsc".

CAVEATS
       The DSC document uses Ghostscript-specific procedures.	In  addition,
       the  original PDF document must be accessible when the DSC document is
       processed.

       You need the file "pdf2dsc.ps" (originally by Russell  Lang)  supplied
       with Ghostscript since release 3.53.

SEE ALSO
       gs(1), ghostview(1)

VERSION
       This document was last revised for Ghostscript version 7.07.

AUTHOR
       Yves Arrouye  and Russell Lang 



7.07				 17 May 2003			   PDF2DSC(1)

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. file
2. which
3. last