Converting ps file to pdf w/o adobe?

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Converting ps file to pdf w/o adobe?

I somehow (don't ask me how, because I have no idea...) I saved an adobe digital editions ebook as a postscript file. I want to be able to put a pdf on my ipad. I've tried apps like txtr and bluefire but they don't work. So, I have this postscript file and when I try to open it in preview, it brings up a conversion window. When the conversion is done, it says it's processing. Then, preview just closes (and no it wasn't frozen or needed to be forced quit)

So my question is how do I convert this ps file to a file that can be read on my ipad? I don't want to be some adobe software to do it because I'm a high schooler and don't see a reason for dropping 100+ bucks on a one time thing

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on Sep 6, 2011 5:34 PM

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Csound1

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Sep 6, 2011 5:57 PM in response to schroeders12

Here's an online converter

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schroeders12 Author

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Sep 6, 2011 6:08 PM in response to Csound1

I saw that, but the file is 1.85 gbs.... The original adobe drm file is only 45 megabytes, so I have no idea why this happened. Also, I know that this file was working because it popped up on my screen today as the entire ebook but in preview (I could never do this with the original file) Then preview froze and I restarted the computer, and now I'm stuck at this point

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Csound1

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Sep 6, 2011 6:10 PM in response to schroeders12

Google: PS to PDF Converters

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schroeders12 Author

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Sep 6, 2011 6:11 PM in response to Csound1

tried that too... I have no computer knowledge beyond the average user. There are discussions about downloading a program called Ghostscript, which I did. After that, I'm lost on the instructions.

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Csound1

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Sep 6, 2011 6:12 PM in response to schroeders12

No more ideas I'm afraid

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schroeders12 Author

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Sep 6, 2011 6:19 PM in response to Csound1

hopefully someone else will know what to do... If I had to guess, I would say it's something wrong with preview. I saw the document when it was done saving to ps (and was scrolling through it), and then it froze

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etresoft

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Sep 6, 2011 6:35 PM in response to schroeders12

schroeders12 wrote:

I somehow (don't ask me how, because I have no idea...) I saved an adobe digital editions ebook as a postscript file.

I have an idea 🙂. Tsk...tsk...

I want to be able to put a pdf on my ipad.

Have you checked with your copyright holder on that? Clearly, as you mentioned later on, the goal here is to remove the DRM from the document so you can copy it. You've done that, but now the image version is almost 2 GB in size and is too large to load.

The reason this is so difficult is because it was meant to be difficult. Check your original document and see what rights you have to it. That is all you can do. It is against the Terms of Use for Apple Support Communities to discuss ways to remove digital rights from protected works.

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bluepaua

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Sep 7, 2011 12:03 AM in response to schroeders12

Do you still have the original ebook file? If so, you can try printing it from Adobe Digital Edition. When you see the print dialog, select PDF/Save As PDF.

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