---
name: "pstopdf"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "context"
version: "2012.05.30.20120611-1"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pstopdf"
---

# pstopdf(1)

convert EPS to PDF

## NAME

pstopdf - convert EPS to PDF

## SYNOPSIS

**pstopdf** \[ *OPTION* ...  \] *FILE* \[ ...  \]

## DESCRIPTION

**pstopdf** converts EPS (encapsulated PostScript) to PDF.

## OPTIONS

- **--help**

  Print usage and version information.

- **--convert**

  Convert EPS to PDF.  This option is assumed if none is given.

- **--method=*string***

  What method to use for bounding boxes when converting to PDF. Specify one of **crop**, **bounded** (the default), or **raw**. Older versions of ConTeXt used numerical methods (1, 2, or 3).

- **--resolution=*string***

  The resolution to use when when converting to pdf. Specify one of **low**, **normal**, **medium**, **high**, **printer**, **print**, **screen**, **ebook**, or **default**.

- **--request**

  Handle exa request file.

- **--watch**

  Watch folders for conversions (*untested*).

## EXAMPLES

To make *cow.pdf*:

```
pstopdf cow.eps
```

or (one of several equivalents):

```
pstopdf --convert cow.eps cow.pdf
```

## SEE ALSO

[**epstopdf**(1)](/epstopdf/1.md), [**mptopdf**(1)](/mptopdf/1.md), [**ps2pdf**(1)](/ps2pdf/1.md), [**texexec**(1)](/texexec/1.md).

ConTeXt wiki ⟨URL: http://www.contextgarden.net ⟩.

## AUTHOR

This (incomplete) manual page was written by Sanjoy Mahajan \<sanjoy@mit.edu\>.  It is in the public domain.