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) docu-
       ment "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  docu-
       ment  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 8.71.

AUTHOR
       Yves Arrouye <yves.arrouyeATusa.net> and Russell Lang gsview at ghostgum.com.au



8.71                                                    10 February 2010                                              PDF2DSC(1)