1PDF2DSC(1)                     Ghostscript Tools                    PDF2DSC(1)
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NAME

6       pdf2dsc - generate a PostScript page list of a PDF document
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SYNOPSIS

9       pdf2dsc input.pdf [ output.dsc ]
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DESCRIPTION

12       pdf2dsc uses gs(1) to read an Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) doc‐
13       ument "input.pdf" and create  a  PostScript(tm)  document  "output.dsc"
14       that  conforms  to  Adobe's  Document Structuring Conventions (DSC) re‐
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17       This new document simply tells Ghostscript to read the PDF file and  to
18       display pages one at a time.  The generated document can then be viewed
19       with any PostScript viewer based on Ghostscript, like  ghostview(1)  on
20       Unix  or  GSview on Windows, with which the user can browse through the
21       pages of the PDF document in any order.
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23       If no output file is named on the command line, the name of the  output
24       file  is that of the input file with any extension removed, followed by
25       the extension ".dsc".
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CAVEATS

28       The DSC document uses Ghostscript-specific  procedures.   In  addition,
29       the  original  PDF document must be accessible when the DSC document is
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32       You need the file "pdf2dsc.ps" (originally by  Russell  Lang)  supplied
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SEE ALSO

36       gs(1), ghostview(1)
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VERSION

39       This document was last revised for Ghostscript version 10.02.1.
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AUTHOR

42       Yves  Arrouye  <yves.arrouye@usa.net> and Russell Lang gsview at ghost‐
43       gum.com.au
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