PostScript to PDF: Convert PS, EPS and PRN Files to PDF
Convert PostScript to PDF online: upload a .ps, .eps or .prn file and Ghostscript turns it into a PDF with selectable text. EPS drawings get a page cropped to their own size. No sign-up needed.
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How to Convert PostScript to PDF
Upload a PostScript file (.ps, .eps or .prn) and you'll get a PDF to download.
- 01Click 'Choose Files' and pick your PostScript file (.ps, .eps or .prn)
- 02Click 'Convert'
- 03Wait while Ghostscript works through your PostScript document
- 04Download your PDF right away
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PostScript to PDF features and limits
- Fast ConversionYour PostScript files get converted quickly, with Ghostscript doing the work
- Text stays textText stays selectable and searchable, and each page keeps the orientation the file sets
- Secure ProcessingWe delete your files from our server automatically within two hours
- No RegistrationNo sign-up, and you don't have to hand over any personal information
- Free to UseIt's free, with no hidden costs and no watermarks
- Cross-PlatformIt works on any device with a modern web browser
PostScript to PDF: how Ghostscript converts PS, EPS and PRN files
PostScript files come out of print drivers, design software and older publishing systems, and most phones and office PCs can't open them. Converting PostScript to PDF turns them into documents anyone can view, search and print.
Our PostScript to PDF converter runs your .ps, .eps or .prn file through Ghostscript, the open source PostScript interpreter. Text stays selectable, and an EPS drawing gets a page cut to its own size.
How to convert PostScript to PDF online
It's one file at a time, and there's nothing to set.
- Click Choose Files and pick a .ps, .eps or .prn file, or drag it onto the page.
- Click Convert.
- Wait while Ghostscript renders the file.
- Click Download to save the PDF.
PostScript versus PDF
PostScript is a page description language and a full programming language at once, so a file is really a program that a printer or interpreter has to run. PDF shares the same imaging model but drops the programming part, which is why any PDF reader can show it.
So PDF is the easier format to email, preview, archive and print on ordinary printers. Going the other way, PDF to PostScript turns a PDF back into a .ps file.
How Ghostscript turns PostScript into PDF
The server uses Ghostscript's pdfwrite device, which writes a PDF that should look like the input. It runs with these settings:
- Fonts embedded: fonts the file brings along get embedded, cut down to the letters used. Standard fonts such as Times and Helvetica are left to the PDF reader, which has its own copy.
- Orientation kept: automatic page rotation is off, so each page keeps the orientation the PostScript file sets.
- Safe mode: Ghostscript runs with its SAFER option, which stops a file from reading or writing other files on the server.
- Text stays text: text drawn with fonts stays selectable and searchable in the PDF.
Which page size the PDF gets
If a PostScript file doesn't set its page size with a setpagedevice command, it comes out on US Letter, 612 by 792 points, and an A4 layout loses its top strip. The converter passes Ghostscript no paper size, so its built-in default applies; we checked three test files in October 2026.
| Test file | PDF page | Result |
|---|---|---|
| A4 set with setpagedevice | A4, 595 by 842 points | Top and bottom lines printed |
| A4 named only in the %%DocumentMedia comment | Letter | Line drawn 27 points from the A4 top edge missing |
| No size at all, drawn for A4 | Letter | Same top line missing |
Ghostscript ignores the %%DocumentMedia comment, so an A4 document from an application that relies on it loses about 1.8 cm at the top. Print it again to a PostScript driver with A4 picked as the paper size in the print dialog, then check the page size of the new PDF.
EPS and PRN files
An EPS file is a single PostScript drawing, often a logo or illustration. For EPS files the converter crops the page to the drawing's bounding box, so you get the image without a blank Letter page around it.
A .prn file converts if a PostScript printer driver wrote it: our .prn holding PostScript gave a normal one page PDF. A PCL printer file failed after half a second, and the page said "An error occurred while processing this file, please try again." Trying again won't help, because PCL is a different printer language.
Files can be up to 25 MB. A damaged file, or one that needs fonts or resources it doesn't contain, may fail or show substitute fonts.
You can join several converted files with Merge PDF. For long-term storage, our PDF conversion tools include PDF/A, and our PDF optimization tools shrink a file that's too big to send.
What happened when we tested PostScript to PDF
We converted our small test file test.ps (742 B), a one-page document of plain text lines, with no options to choose; the tool processed the file as uploaded. It returned a 1-page PDF of 3.3 KB. Tested in October 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions about PostScript to PDF
Is the PostScript to PDF converter free?
Yes. You don't need an account, and it doesn't add a watermark.
Does it convert EPS files?
Yes. EPS files get converted with the page cropped to the drawing's bounding box.
Can I convert several PostScript files at once?
No, the tool takes one file per conversion. Convert them one by one and join the PDFs with Merge PDF.
Why did my .prn file fail?
Most likely a printer driver that doesn't use PostScript wrote it, a PCL driver for example, and then the page shows a general processing error. Print the document again to a PostScript printer driver and convert that file.
Are my files stored?
Only briefly. The upload and the PDF get deleted automatically within two hours.
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