Java: Convert PDF to PostScript

Postscript, also known as PS, is a dynamically typed, concatenative programming language that describes the appearance of a printed page. Owing to its faster printing and improved quality, sometime you may need to convert a PDF document to Postscript. In this article, you will learn how to achieve this function using Spire.PDF for Java.

Install Spire.PDF for Java

First of all, you're required to add the Spire.PDF.jar file as a dependency in your Java program. The JAR file can be downloaded from this link. If you use Maven, you can easily import the JAR file in your application by adding the following code to your project's pom.xml file.

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>com.e-iceblue</id>
        <name>e-iceblue</name>
        <url>https://repo.e-iceblue.com/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>
<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>e-iceblue</groupId>
        <artifactId>spire.pdf</artifactId>
        <version>10.10.7</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>
    

Convert PDF to PostScript

The following are the steps to convert PDF to PostScript.

• Create a PdfDocument object.
• Load a sample PDF file using PdfDocument.loadFromFile() method.
• Save the document as PostScript using PdfDocument.saveToFile() method

import com.spire.pdf.*;

public class PDFToPS {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        //Load a pdf document
        PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();
        doc.loadFromFile("sample.pdf");

        //Convert to PostScript file
        doc.saveToFile("output.ps", FileFormat.POSTSCRIPT);

    }
}

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