---
name: "ps2pdfwr"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ghostscript"
version: "10.08.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ps2pdfwr"
---

# ps2pdfwr(1)

Convert PostScript to PDF without specifying CompatibilityLevel, using ghostscript

## NAME

ps2pdfwr - Convert PostScript to PDF without specifying CompatibilityLevel, using ghostscript

## SYNOPSIS

**ps2pdfwr**  \[options...\] {input.\[e\]ps\|-} \[output.pdf\|-\]

## DESCRIPTION

This wrapper script invokes [**gs**(1)](/gs/1.md) with following arguments

**-q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite**

as well as the appropriate **-dOutputFile** argument, all preceded and followed by any command-line arguments. Finally, the security option **-dSAFER** is prepended before all the other options (This is now redundant as "SAFER" is now the default, but the option does no harm).

The version-specific **ps2pdf** scripts all invoke this one with the addition of the respective compatibility level option.

## SEE ALSO

[**gs**(1)](/gs/1.md), [**ps2pdf**(1)](/ps2pdf/1.md)

## VERSION

This document was last revised for Ghostscript version 10.04.0.

## AUTHOR

Artifex Software, Inc. are the primary maintainers of Ghostscript. This manpage by George Ferguson.