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Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF. Versions entitled GPL Ghostscript are distributed with the GNU General Public License, which allows free use, and free copying and redistribution under certain conditions (including, in some cases, commercial distribution). Licensing is handled by Artifex Software Inc.
Make sure a Ghostscript driver is installed on your machine, otherwise EPS/PS image files won’t be imported by LaTeX-to-Word converter. Use both (32-bit and 64-bit) Ghostscript drivers if you have Microsoft Windows 64-bit installed on your machine.
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GPL Ghostscript v.10.0.0 (32 bit), for GrindEQ 2023
GPL Ghostscript v.10.0.0 (64 bit), for GrindEQ 2023
GPL Ghostscript v.9.54.0 (32 bit), for GrindEQ 2021
GPL Ghostscript v.9.54.0 (64 bit), for GrindEQ 2021
GPL Ghostscript v.9.52 (32 bit), for GrindEQ 2019/2020
GPL Ghostscript v.9.52 (64 bit), for GrindEQ 2019/2020
How to apply GPL Ghostscript as the render engine for your book(For Win)
Table of Contents
- Step 1: Download GPL Ghostscript (32bit)
- Step 2: Install GPL Ghostscript (32bit)
- Step 3：Add Ghostscript’s installation path to the system’s PATH environment variable
- Step 4. Check If GhostScript Is Installed Successfully
- Step 5: Add GPL Ghostscript (32bit) installing path in the program
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Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF, available from http://www.ghostscript.com. Ghostscript is a command-line-tool, if you need a graphical interface install GSView. Ghostscript can be a requirement of other software, for example Scribus.
Ghostscript is available either with a GPL licence, or with a commercial licence. From the Ghostscript web site: «Which license is right for me? For example, for personal use, use without redistribution, and use with no technical support the GNU Public License (GPL) download is your choice. If you are unwilling/unable to abide by the terms of the GPL (for instance, if you wish to redistribute these software packages or derivations thereof commercially), or if you wish to pay for technical support, you will need to acquire a commercial license from Artifex.»
AFPL Ghostscript and ESP Ghostscript have been discontinued, their features integrated into GPL Ghostscript.
Each Ghostscript version is installed separately, when you uninstall one version it doesn’t uninstall other versions.
Ghostscript 9
An improvement over Ghostscript 8, Ghostscript 9 can be silently installed directly by using the downloaded installer, and can be uninstalled silently.
GPL Ghostscript WPKG Package (32-bit version)
This package includes uninstallation of various previous versions of Ghostscript.
<package id="ghostscript" name="Ghostscript" revision="2" reboot="false" priority="20" > <check type="file" condition="exists" path="%PROGRAMFILES%\gs\gs9.04\bin\gswin32.exe"/> <install cmd='%SOFTWARE%\ghostscript\gs904w32.exe /S' /> <!-- Remove the Ghostscript fonts installed separately by versions prior to 8.63 --> <upgrade cmd='cmd /c "IF EXIST "%ProgramFiles%\gs\fonts\uninstal.txt" "%PROGRAMFILES%\gs\uninstgs.exe" "%ProgramFiles%\gs\fonts\uninstal.txt"" -q' /> <!-- Uninstall Ghostscript 8.54 --> <upgrade cmd='cmd /c "IF EXIST "%PROGRAMFILES%\gs\gs8.54\uninstal.txt" "%PROGRAMFILES%\gs\uninstgs.exe" "%PROGRAMFILES%\gs\gs8.54\uninstal.txt"" -q' /> <!-- Uninstall Ghostscript 8.61 --> <upgrade cmd='cmd /c "IF EXIST "%PROGRAMFILES%\gs\gs8.61\uninstal.txt" "%PROGRAMFILES%\gs\uninstgs.exe" "%PROGRAMFILES%\gs\gs8.61\uninstal.txt"" -q' /> <!-- Uninstall Ghostscript 8.63 --> <upgrade cmd='cmd /c "IF EXIST "%PROGRAMFILES%\gs\gs8.63\uninstal.txt" "%PROGRAMFILES%\gs\uninstgs.exe" "%PROGRAMFILES%\gs\gs8.63\uninstal.txt"" -q' /> <!-- Remove redundant directory structure --> <upgrade cmd='cmd /c "IF EXIST "%PROGRAMFILES%\gs\nul.ext" rmdir "%PROGRAMFILES%\gs" /S"' /> <upgrade cmd='%SOFTWARE%\ghostscript\gs904w32.exe /S' /> <remove cmd='%PROGRAMFILES%\gs\gs9.04\uninstgs.exe /S' /> </package>
GPL Ghostscript WPKG Package (32-bit and 64-bit versions)
Installs :
- win32 on 32-bit OS
- win32 and win64 on 64-bit OS
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <packages> <package id="ghostscript" name="Ghostscript" revision="%version%" reboot="false" priority="20" > <variable name="version" value="9.06" /> <variable name="shortversion" value="906" /> <check architecture="x86" type="file" condition="exists" path="%PROGRAMFILES%\gs\gs%version%\bin\gswin32.exe"/> <check architecture="x64" type="file" condition="exists" path="%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\gs\gs%version%\bin\gswin32.exe"/> <check architecture="x64" type="file" condition="exists" path="%PROGRAMFILES%\gs\gs%version%\bin\gswin64.exe"/> <install cmd='%SOFTWARE%\ghostscript\gs%shortversion%w32.exe /S' /> <install architecture="x64" cmd='%SOFTWARE%\ghostscript\gs%shortversion%w64.exe /S' /> <!-- Remove the Ghostscript fonts installed separately by versions prior to 8.63 --> <upgrade cmd='%COMSPEC% /c "IF EXIST "%ProgramFiles%\gs\fonts\uninstal.txt" "%PROGRAMFILES%\gs\uninstgs.exe" "%ProgramFiles%\gs\fonts\uninstal.txt"" -q' /> <!-- Uninstall Ghostscript 8.54 --> <upgrade cmd='%COMSPEC% /c "IF EXIST "%PROGRAMFILES%\gs\gs8.54\uninstal.txt" "%PROGRAMFILES%\gs\uninstgs.exe" "%PROGRAMFILES%\gs\gs8.54\uninstal.txt"" -q' /> <!-- Uninstall Ghostscript 8.61 --> <upgrade cmd='%COMSPEC% /c "IF EXIST "%PROGRAMFILES%\gs\gs8.61\uninstal.txt" "%PROGRAMFILES%\gs\uninstgs.exe" "%PROGRAMFILES%\gs\gs8.61\uninstal.txt"" -q' /> <!-- Uninstall Ghostscript 8.63 --> <upgrade cmd='%COMSPEC% /c "IF EXIST "%PROGRAMFILES%\gs\gs8.63\uninstal.txt" "%PROGRAMFILES%\gs\uninstgs.exe" "%PROGRAMFILES%\gs\gs8.63\uninstal.txt"" -q' /> <!-- Remove redundant directory structure --> <upgrade cmd='%COMSPEC% /c "IF EXIST "%PROGRAMFILES%\gs\nul.ext" rmdir "%PROGRAMFILES%\gs" /S"' /> <!-- Install --> <upgrade include="install" /> <!-- uninstall 32 on x86 host and 64 on x64 host --> <remove cmd='%PROGRAMFILES%\gs\gs%version%\uninstgs.exe /S _?=%PROGRAMFILES%\gs\gs%version%' /> <!-- uninstall 32 on 64 --> <remove architecture="x64" cmd='%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\gs\gs%version%\uninstgs.exe /S _?=%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\gs\gs%version%' /> </package> </packages>
Component for PDF viewer and creator»
PDF format is popular because it is highly portable, can contain images and can be signed. There are many programs for viewing or creating PDFs and most of them are based on certain libraries such as Ghostscript. This is the software package you’re looking for if you’re in need of an accurate interpreter for PostScript languages and PDF files.
It is a component included or required by different third-party programs made to work with PDF documents. It features a robust engine, which allows it to be extremely useful when it comes to PDF viewing and conversion, programming aimed to the creation of scripts and apps related to PDF format, and raster computer printers. This tool is completely free and it’s so useful that it quickly rose to support operating systems.
It is very useful to developers, but the standard user can definitely enjoy it as well. This piece of software is also known for being able to convert PostScript files into PDF and to turn PDF files to raster images with the help of a virtual printer.
GPL Ghostscript is licensed as freeware for PC or laptop with Windows 32 bit and 64 bit operating system. It is in system utilities category and is available to all software users as a free download.
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