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ps2pdf

by Richard Quist

09 Apr 2008 (Updated 18 Aug 2008)

Code covered by BSD License

Convert PostScript file to PDF using Ghostscript; each input page onto a separate output page

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Description

Converts a postscript file into PDF. The resulting PDF file will contain one page for each page defined in the postscript files, so a multi-page postscript file, like those generated by using the '-append' option of MATLAB's print command, can be used to generate a multi-page PDF file.

Works with the version of Ghostscript shipped with MATLAB, if found, or with a user-specified version.

Also works with older MATLAB versions, such as R2006b.

MATLAB release

MATLAB 7.6 (R2008a)

Other requirements

Ghostscript; works with older versions of MATLAB, too.

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Comments and Ratings (8)
09 Apr 2008	Yuri Kotliarov	It's amazing! I just started looking for this feature and found this function dated TODAY. Tested on 2007b. Works like a charm. Thanks a lot!
01 Jul 2008	Pablo Pablo	Excelent script. Tested on Matlab2008a Thanks a lot.
04 Aug 2008	Naveen K	Perfect. Exactly what i needed. Many thanks Richard.
22 Aug 2008	Pat Murray	Excellent, exactly what I needed, saves me a time-consuming step for my project. Thanks!
10 Sep 2008	Mat K	Great Script, options to set Author, Title, Subject etc. would make it superior...
07 Jan 2009	Tom Mat
07 Jan 2009	Tom Mat	The Title (push Ctrl+Shift+D in Acrobat) of the pdf files, is the name and path of the ps File. It would be good to have an option to avoid this...
14 Oct 2009	Andrew Bytheway	Great idea! I did experience problems when using this script in a deployed application (R2009a). The built-in version of Ghostscript doesn't work in deployed applications. It returns the following error: ??? Undefined function or method 'gscript' for input arguments of type 'char'. Clearly it is failing to recognize the call to gscript altough the function handle was created correctly, and the needed mexw32 file is distributed with the MCR v7.10 Any ideas ???

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Updates
14 Apr 2008	added screenshot
21 Apr 2008	added option to delete input postscript file after creating pdf file. Default is to NOT delete the input ps file
18 Aug 2008	fixed failure when MATLAB's path to ghostscript contained an embedded space.

Tag Activity for this File
Tag	Applied By	Date/Time
graphics import	Richard Quist	22 Oct 2008 09:56:59
graphics export	Richard Quist	22 Oct 2008 09:56:59
pdf	Richard Quist	22 Oct 2008 09:56:59
postscript	Richard Quist	22 Oct 2008 09:56:59
conversion	Richard Quist	22 Oct 2008 09:56:59
multipage pdf	Richard Quist	22 Oct 2008 09:56:59

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