Tool
Ghostscript
Interpreter and converter for PostScript and PDF
About
Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript® language and PDF files. Ghostscript consists of a PostScript interpreter layer and a graphics library.
Ghostscript Office is a commercial version of GhostPDL which can also read and process a range of common office documents, including Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
The new Ghostscript PDF interpreter, written entirely in C, is now enabled as the default. It is also available as a standalone, PDF only, binary.
GhostPCL is an interpreter for PCL™ and PXL files. This consists of an PCL/PXL interpreter built upon the Ghostscript graphics library.
Features
- PDF and PostScript conversion
- Pricing
- Open Source
- Pricing detail
- AGPL engine; commercial licenses
- Platforms
- CLI
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