- Ghostscript is usually installed by default on Unix based machines, and can be installed on windows machines as well as Mac OS X machines. GSView allows you to view postscript files on windows and other operating systems. On a Mac and UNIX machine, this utility is redundant: other utilities perform the same task. Windows Install Ghostscript.
- Next, download Ghostscript's fonts 'ghostscript-fonts-std-x.y.tar.gz' from here and also save them to your home directory. Now you should have something like this: Now you should have something like this.
- Ghostscript is computer software that interprets PDF and the PostScript language. When installed on a computer, it can be used by products such as PhotoScore to convert PDF files to bitmaps so that they may be processed further.
PDFwriter is a printer driver for Mac OS X, which will let you generate PDF files by simply printing. PDFwriter is heavily based on CUPS-PDF. It doesn't use ghostscript to generate PDF files, instead it uses the Mac OS X internal pdf capabilities.
Which license is right for me?
Ghostscript is available under both an Open Source AGPL license and Commercial license. Please visit artifex.com/licensing/ to understand the differences in these licensing agreements, or to acquire a commercial license.
| Platform/License | GNU Affero General Public License | Artifex Commercial License |
| Ghostscript 9.53.3 for Windows (32 bit) | Ghostscript AGPL Release | Ghostscript Commercial License |
| Ghostscript 9.53.3 for Windows (64 bit) | Ghostscript AGPL Release | Ghostscript Commercial License |
| Ghostscript 9.53.3 for Linux x86 (32 bit) | Ghostscript AGPL Release | Ghostscript Commercial License |
| Ghostscript 9.53.3 for Linux x86 (64 bit) | Ghostscript AGPL Release | Ghostscript Commercial License |
| Ghostscript 9.53.3 Source for all platforms | Ghostscript AGPL Release | Ghostscript Commercial License |
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NOTE: The Linux binaries are for testing/evaluation purposes only, they do not comeas installers or installable packages.
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Old releases available here: https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl-downloads/releases/