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/