Converting Postscrpt files to PDF

Hi,

Have you tried this?

http://support.stat.ucla.edu/view.php?supportid=29

Do you not have Acrobat?

A simple way is to open the postscript (.ps) file in Preview, then Save As ... PDF from Preview.

Try that. works for me.

Russ

Xserve G5 2.0 GHz 2 GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.8) Apple Hardware RAID, ATTO UL4D, Exabyte VXA-2 1x10 1u

Preview does do this automatically -- I do this a dozen times a day. If you are getting an error, perhaps the PostScript file is corrupt.

I do rarely have a problem if Preview has been open for a long time (I usually have it open for days on end). In that case, I have to quit and restart Preview. Then it works fine.

🙂

It's easier than AppleScript in my opinion, but hey.
What is the file in question? Is it a publicly viewable file we can all test with?

Hi SadieToo

Well, the file downloaded as "itune_icon.ai" for me, and opened perfectly in Preview. Finder's Get Info says it is a PDF file, and Terminal goes further, say it is a "PDF document, version 1.4".

Note I had to control click to get a context menu, and select "Download Link Target", since I have a plug-in that opens PDF documents in my browser. Also I had to go to this page: http://www.ndesign-studio.com/resources/tutorials/itune-icon/ , downloading from the previous page gave me a .html file.

Hi Sadie,

I get exactly the same results as Michael mentions above. No problems opening it in Preview at all.

Your profile claims you are using OS X 10.4.5, is that still correct? Both Michael and I are on 10.4.8 so it could be that there was a bug in Preview that Apple have squashed since 10.4.5.

It's also possible it could also be something in your account that is causing Preview to error. One quick test you can do to help narrow down things is to try the same web site/ps file in another user account. This will help us to know whether your problem is local to your account or system wide. If you don't have another account you can use System Preferences -> Accounts -> [+] to create a test one (and [-] to remove it if needed).

If it fails there too, I'd recommend upgrading to 10.4.8 if possible.

Sadie

not Download Link Target")

I'm using Camino, which may account for the difference in wording.

Why don't you download it from http://www.caminobrowser.org/. It's free, and it is a fast browser. You can keep it in reserve for this and similar sites. Who knows, you may prefer it to Safari?

Note that I didn't see a Postscript file anywhere. It downloaded to my Desktop, and had the PDF icon immediately.