What is a PostScript file?

The PostScript format in brief: what it is, what it is used for, and how to convert it.

PostScript: conversion steps

  1. Upload your PostScript file to start.
  2. Convert PostScript to EPS.
  3. Download the PostScript file.

About PostScript files

Adobe's page description language for printers

PostScript (PS) is Adobe's page description language from 1984: a program that a printer or interpreter runs to draw each page.

Print workflows and the output of older Unix and LaTeX tools.

PostScript: what conversion changes

Converting PostScript redraws shapes.

PostScript: settings to change

Before you convert PostScript files, you can adjust: Width, Height, Resolution (DPI), Transparent background, Background, Convert text to paths, and Crop to content.

Limits of the PostScript format

Displaying a PostScript file needs an interpreter such as Ghostscript; this service reads PS files that way and converts them to PDF, SVG or EPS.

Common questions about PostScript

Why won't my image viewer open the PS file I downloaded? PostScript is a printer programming language, not a picture, so viewers can't render it — converting to PDF or an image format makes it viewable.

Convert PostScript files

Guides and tools for PostScript