Useful Scripts to work with EPS and PS files

a2ps Pretty prints quite a few popular languages.    

bbfig Calculate the bounding box of a PostScript picture.
eps_check_conform.pl Calculate the bounding box of a PostScript picture.
eps2ps Converts an eps file to a ps file.
eps2eps Convert Encapsulated PostScript file to simpler and (usually) faster Encapsulated PostScript.
epsfcompose.pl Simple tool to combine epsfiles.
epsmerge Merges EPS (Encapsulated Postscript) files into one bigger EPS file.
epssplit Splitting an EPS (encapsulated postscript) file into several smaller EPS files.
epstopdf Convert an EPS file to PDF.
extractres Filter to extract resources from a PostScript document.
fixbb.pl Repairs the incorrect bounding box for postscript files.
fixps Repairs postscript files, correcting common errors.
gsview Allows selected pages to be viewed, printed, or converted to bitmap, PostScript or PDF formats.
img2eps Converts raster image to EPSF.
impose+ A set of postscript utilities.
mpage Converts ascii text into postscript.
pdffonts Lists the fonts used in a PDF file along with various information for each font.
pdfimages Saves images from a PDF file as Portable Pixmap (PPM), Portable Bitmap (PBM), or JPEG files.
pdfinfo PDF document information extractor.
pdftopbm Converts PDF files to black-and-white image files in Portable Bitmap (PBM) format.
pdftops PDF to PostScript converter.
pdftotext Convert PDF to text.
pdiff Produces a pretty comparison between files.
poster Resizes PS files, by splitting them into smaller pieces.
ps2ascii Extract ASCII text from PostScript(tm) or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
ps2eps Converts PostScript to Encapsulated PostScript for use with LaTeX.
ps2epsi Generate conforming postscript.
ps2pdf ps2pdfwr converts PostScript files to Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
ps2pk Creates a TeX pkfont from a type1 PostScript font.
ps2ps Convert PostScript file "input.ps" to simpler and (usually) faster PostScript.
ps2tif Convert postscript to tiff.
psbook Rearrange pages in PostScript file into signatures.
pscol Convert the color format of postscript (.ps, .eps) images from RGB (red-green-blue) colors to grey-levels or CMYK.
psdit Convert troff intermediate format to POSTSCRIPT format.
psf PostScript filter.
psfixbb.pl Computes the BoundingBox of a postscript file and sets the %%BoundingBox comment in the file accordingly.
psidtopgm Convert PostScript "image" data into a portable graymap.
psmandup Print duplex on non duplex printers.
psmark Renders a watermark like string on any PostScript document.
psmerge Filter to merge several PostScript files into one.
psmod Perl script to convert postscript files in color to a correct grayscale representation.
psnup Produce multiple pages per sheet.
psresize Adjust paper size of PostScript document.
psrip Extracts images from postscript-files.
psrender.sh Converts postscript into whole page bitmaps.
psroff Converts files from troff format to PostScript format.
psselect Select pages from a PostScript file.
psset Insert page device request in PostScript files.
pstill Processes and concentrates PostScript data to create PDF.
pstoedit Translates PostScript and PDF graphics into other vector formats.
pstoimg Convert a PostScript file to a bitmap image using Ghostscript and the Netpbm utilities.
pstopnm Convert a PostScript file into a portable anymap.
pstops Shuffle pages in a PostScript file.
pstotext Extracts ASCII text from a PostScript or PDF file.
pstree Produce directory map in PostScript.
removepreview Removes leading junk on the front of an eps file.
sam2p Converts many raster image formats into Adobe PostScript or PDF files (see readme.txt link for usage).
tipograf Graphical user interface for the a2ps (anything to PostScript) program.
xpdf PDF Viewer.
xps2pdf Converts a PostScript files to (Adobe Acrobat) PDF documents.
xpsnup Puts multiple logical pages onto each physical sheet of paper.

Larger Packages

PSUtils Collection of useful utilities for manipulating PostScript documents

AFPL Ghostscript Distributed with a license called the Aladdin Ghostscript Free Public License that allows free use, copying, and distribution by end users, but does not allow commercial distribution. AFPL Ghostscript was previously known as Aladdin Ghostscript.

GNU Ghostscript Distributed with the GNU General Public License, which allows free use, and free copying and redistribution under certain conditions (including, in some cases, commercial distribution). GNU Ghostscript versions are usually released shortly after the next AFPL Ghostscript version.

ImageMagick A collection of tools and libraries to read, write, and manipulate an image in many image formats.

Netpbm A package of graphics software.



Created 12/09/2002