Ghostscript

Summary

Learn about Ghostscript and how to obtain the service in Saint Mary's University

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Name

Ghostscript

Description

Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript®  language and PDF files. It is available under either the GNU GPL Affero license or  licensed for commercial use from Artifex Software, Inc. It has been under active development for over 30 years and has been ported to several different systems during this time. Ghostscript consists of a PostScript interpreter layer and a graphics library. 

There are a family of other products, including GhostPCL, GhostPDF, and GhostXPS that are built upon the same graphics library. Between them, this family of products offers native rendering of all major page description languages. Our latest product, GhostPDL, pulls all these languages into a single executable. 

Functions

In addition to rendering to raster formats, Ghostscript offers high-level conversion through our vector output devices. 

Written entirely in C, Ghostscript runs on various embedded operating systems and platforms including Windows, macOS, the wide variety of Unix and Unix-like platforms, and VMS systems. 

OS Supported

Windows 10

Apple MacOS

License Details

This license is an annual subscription purchased by Saint Mary's University

Available to

Faculty/Staff/Students

Restrictions

Personal devices and university-owned devices

How to Get

For Students/Staff/Faculty: Ghostscript is available via AppsAnywhere.smu.ca

Faculty only: For special requests, please contact EIT Helpdesk at helpdesk@smu.ca

Website

For more information, visit https://www.ghostscript.com/ 

 

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Article ID: 591
Created
Tue 4/13/21 1:25 PM
Modified
Fri 7/15/22 2:11 PM