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Ghostscript is a utility used for PostScript/PDF preview and printing.

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Adding a logo in a pdf by Ghostscript

I am trying to add a logo in a pdf by Ghostscript. Currently, I am adding a text with the use of this Postscript .ps file: << /EndPage { 2 eq { pop false } { gsave ...
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How do I fix error "gs" ignored when using ghostcript for reducing pdf file size?

I am trying to reduce the filesize of a pdf using ghostscript. I found the command here: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/18987/how-to-make-the-pdfs-produced-by-pdflatex-smaller gs -sDEVICE=...
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Ubuntu 18.04 inverted colors in PDF print after reinstalling libgs9-common package

After upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04, CUPS would no longer print PDFs. I checked /var/log/cups/error.log and discovered these error messages: /base/gsicc_manage.c:1244: gsicc_open_search(): Could not find ...
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ImageMagick, Ghostscript and PDFs

I have a problem with ImageMagick and Ghostscript converting PDF to JPG. Sometimes I get the dreaded convert multipage.pdf multipage.jpg convert: no images defined `multipage.jpg' @ error/convert....
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Ubuntu 12.10 : error installing Canon UFR2 Drivers

I tried to install the drivers for my Canon MF4150 that I successfully used under my previous 10.04 instance. But when I run the command to install .deb packages, it gives me an error complaining that ...
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How to specify the title of the PDF file GS produces?

I'm using this gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dAutoRotatePages=/None -sOutputFile=finished.pdf file1.pdf file2.pdf file3.pdf to concatenate 3 PDF files, and gs inexplicably takes the ...
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How can I install a pdf font?

I am trying to save a matplotlib plot as a pdf page as shown in this example. Everything is fine until tex fonts are used. That is, I can display plots that use tex fonts, but not save them as a pdf. ...
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Ghostscript output to file with ESC-P sequences

For a project (printing nanofluids with an Epson printer) I want to see the the code that the computer sends to the printer. I am running Ubuntu 16.04 and have an Epson Stylus SX600FW printer. Using ...
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Remove Adobe protection from PDF

When I open a PDF it prompts for a username and password. If I open it with any other program than Adobe it says only Adobe can open this PDF. I am not a fan of being limited to Adobe and we have ...
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Build Ghostscript 10 on Ubuntu 22.04

In official repositories of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS there is a Ghostscript 9.55. I'm trying to build latest Ghostscript 10 from sources. It's working but… a) when I type 'sudo checkinstall' it creates a deb ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 with OKI C301dn

The driver seems to have problems converting to PostScript. Any ideas? From error_log: D [23/Oct/2018:22:25:52 +0200] [Job 309] Started filter pstops (PID 24589) D [23/Oct/2018:22:25:52 +0200] [Job ...
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KLatexFormula fails to show any formula

I have freshly installed KLatexFormula under a 14.04 LTS ubuntu. It starts fine, but it does not convert any formula I type. instead it opens an error window with the following text: gs reported an ...
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