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.\" $Id: pdf2dsc.1,v 1.36 2005/10/20 19:46:55 ray Exp $ .TH PDF2DSC 1 "20 October 2005" 8.53 "Ghostscript Tools" \" -*- nroff -*- .SH NAME pdf2dsc \- generate a PostScript page list of a PDF document .SH SYNOPSIS \fBpdf2dsc\fR \fIinput.pdf\fR [ \fIoutput.dsc\fR ] .SH DESCRIPTION \fBpdf2dsc\fR uses \fBgs\fR(1) to read an Adobe \fBPortable Document Format\fR (PDF) document "input.pdf" and create a \fBPostScript\fR(tm) document "output.dsc" that conforms to Adobe's \fBDocument Structuring Conventions\fR (DSC) requirements. .PP 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 \fBghostview\fR(1) on Unix or \fBGSview\fR on Windows, with which the user can browse through the pages of the PDF document in any order. .PP 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". .SH CAVEATS The DSC document uses Ghostscript-specific procedures. In addition, the original PDF document must be accessible when the DSC document is processed. .PP You need the file "pdf2dsc.ps" (originally by Russell Lang) supplied with Ghostscript since release 3.53. .SH SEE ALSO gs(1), ghostview(1) .SH VERSION This document was last revised for Ghostscript version 8.53. .SH AUTHOR Yves Arrouye <yves.arrouye@usa.net> and Russell Lang gsview at ghostgum.com.au