.\" Copyright 1996 Derek B. Noonburg
.TH pdftops 1 "23 May 1996"
.SH NAME
pdftops \- Portable Document Format (PDF) to PostScript converter
(version 0.5)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pdftops
[options]
.RI [ PDF-file
.RI [ PS-file ]]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Pdftops
converts Portable Document Format (PDF) files to PostScript so they
can be printed.
.PP
Pdftops reads the PDF file,
.IR PDF-file ,
and writes a PostScript file,
.IR PS-file .
If
.I PS-file
is not specified, pdftops converts
.I file.pdf
to
.IR file.ps.
.PP
The generated PostScript is Level 2.  This means it will not work on
old printers which only support Level 1 PostScript.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BI \-f number
Specifies the first page to print.
.TP
.BI \-l number
Specifies the last page to print.
.TP
.B \-h
Print usage information.
.RB ( \-help
is equivalent.)
.SH BUGS
This is a beta release of pdftops, and there are still a bunch of PDF
features which I have yet to implement.
.PP
At this point, the biggest problem is that embedded fonts are not
handled properly.
.SH AUTHOR
The pdftops software and documentation are copyright 1996 Derek
B. Noonburg (derekn@ece.cmu.edu).
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR xpdf (1)
.br
.B http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/usr/dn0o/xpdf/xpdf.html