一款將PS(PostScript)/EPS/TIFF/JPEG/BMP/GIF文件轉化成PDF格式的軟體。同時可以作為虛擬PDF文件印表機,從而從其他程式當中生成PDF文件。
PStill is a user friendly PostScript to PDF convertor with many options and features. You convert eps, ps, any image format to PDF with drag & drop. Repurpose PDF directly from any application using PStill. Shrink PDF, combine files to make one PDF, make posters, automated print work flow and hot folders. Built-in PDF checker shows you PDF version and PDF/X3a compliance. An expert module to combine Separations into a Composite and convert PhotoShop DCS to PDF files is also available!
功能
Convert to PDF, PDF/X and PDF/A
Easy and high-quality EPS, PS, PDF and several raster image formats to PDF conversion on Windows and MacOS X, able to concat multiple files of all types in the output, also as mixed set. You can just drop in some PS, PDF and e.g. JPEG files and PStill will create one PDF from the input set. PStill generate also PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-3, a focused subset of PDF for 'pre-press' work. PStill knows about CMYK and spot colors and can handle overprinting. PStill also creates PDF/A-1b, a special version of PDF for archiving purposes and can change the PDF compatibility level (e.g. convert PDF-1.7 to PDF-1.3).
Putting the 'Portable' back in PDF - PDF to PDF Transcoding
Your PDF cannot be printed on some printers or processed with some applications? PStill does sanitize, simplify, reprocess, flatten transparency and recompress PDF-Files, this process also known as 'transcoding' create a new PDF that has better compatibility, is often smaller in file size, can be optional encrypted/secured and contain only a uniform set of font types. Fonts can be normalized to plain PostScript Type 1 formats, can be subsetted, missing fonts included and bad fonts repaired/replaced. PStill can detect and remove duplicate elements in the PDF. Text can be converted to outlines which makes it perfect for creating 'fontless' PDF. Transcoding can be used to repair bad PDF or simplify the PDF structure so more limited output devices can process it.
Batch Convert to PDF, PDF/X and PDF/A
PStill also run as command line program and can be easily scripted (BAT, Shellscript, PERL, VB, etc.). The command line converter runs on Windows, Linux, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, HP HPUX and allows you to integrate PStill into any application that is able to call external programs to get full PDF generating functionality.
Convert to PNG, TIFF and JPEG
PStill can render all supported source formats to images. For PNG RGB plus alpha channel is generated, JPEG renders to RGB, TIFF to RGB and CMYK.
Convert to PostScript and EPS*
Easily convert a PS or PDF to a set of EPS (incl. EPS TIFF preview generation on the Windows platform) or PostScript. The conversion does retain vectors and text, can handle Gray, RGB, CMYK, spot colors, overprinting, transparency and writes DSC conforming, flattened PostScript output. PStill works as a job 'normalizer' rewriting an existing EPS, PostScript or PDF file by breaking it down to its basic drawing operations but still maintains the same print output. Flattened PostScript can be processed on most any output device as it contains only a handful well defined operations and maintains a normalized coordinate system. Requires PS/EPS Normalizer license type, please see licensing options
Page assembly, rescaling, tiled output of large pages, stamping and more
In a process called N-Up processing PStill can 'place' and/or rescale pages in the output so the result are e.g. 2 job pages on 1 output page, 4 job pages on 1 output page or any other combinations (assembly is fully scriptable) - to save space or to create booklets. PStill can tile a large page to smaller pages with automatic bleed and cut marks, e.g. for output of posters and construction plans on standard desktop printers. PStill allows to impose several page or parts of pages on each other, add static and dynamic page elements like visual page numbers, barcodes, Javascripts or impose ('stamp') logos. PStill can encrypt PDFs and apply PDF document permissions.
A special option to autoconvert pre-separated PostScript jobs to composite color PDFs or PostScript/EPS files is available (SeparationToComposite module optional, can be ordered separately).
Font conversion and job normalization
Your printer cannot print the PDF or PostScript you feed to it? PStill can simplify the job so it becomes printable to limited output devices. PStill can auto convert TrueType or unwrap CID or Type 0 fonts to PostScript Type 1 fonts thus greatly enhancing compatibility of the PDF/PS or EPS results. It can autoreplace DVIPS (TeX) embedded bitmap fonts in PS input by its Type 1 variants leading to better and leaner output.
STL conversion for 3D printing
PStill can convert all supported source file types to 3D printable STL, including direct PDF to STL conversion. See the tutorial for a description of the process.
Direct import PDF, EPS, PS and AI formats into your application
Using the structured output option PStill can make graphic file formats easily parsable to other applications. This mode also allows for automatic path clipping and conversion of text and lines to fill paths. Please follow this link here for more information. PStillDLL also allows for direct import by an easy callback interface.
Includes virtual print server (Windows Version)
PStill can be setup'd to run as virtual print server, accepting local or remote jobs over the network - you can just print from your Windows application using the standard printer driver and PStill gets and converts the print job in the background to PDF. This feature works networkwide right out of the box without paying 'per client' or the need to install the software on the client systems. You only need to install PStill on the server. The virtual print server can also receive jobs from Linux, UNIX or MacOSX based systems or sent from other Windows systems from scripts directly.
Available as linkable library (DLL, Windows Version)
PStill is also available as DLL to help you integrate PDF transcoding, PDF/EPS/PS parsing, EPS and PS to PDF conversion, prepress quality EPS and PS creation from PDF and more into your application. The DLL has the same abilities as the program version. PStill DLL is fully self contained and does not rely on external third party programs or libraries. Please contact me for details.
Conversion Features:
- Drag and drop conversion: files or folders
- Converts EPS (even with Preview) to PDF
- Converts PS to PDF easily
- Converts image files (TIFF, GIF, JPG, PNG, etc.) to PDF
- Converts PDF files to smaller PDF files [save 50-70%!]
- Combines multiple PS, PDF, or image files into one PDF document
- Preserves the layout as best as possible
- Converts graphics color model automatically to CMYK
- Automatically sizes EPS files
- Handles font subsetting - embeds just glyphs used to save space
- Recycles images - same image even if scaled or rotated output only once
- Accepts Type 1 and Type 3 fonts
- Outputs full or subsetted Type 1 in PDF results
- Embeds unincludable fonts automatically as paths or bitmaps
- Skips totally empty pages in PDF output
- Proven and reliable conversion engine
- Tries to guess page size from DSC comments
- Developers can use the PStill engine via interapplication communication
- Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia Freehand, and other files without EPS/PS file extensions can be converted
- Normalize (also called flattening) EPS and PS
- A complete scripting language for N-up, booklet, custom tasks production
- Extract text from PDFs as plain text or HTML
Supported platforms:
Windows 7 (64 bit), Windows 8 (64 bit), Windows 8.1 (64 bit), Windows 10 (64 bit), Windows 11 (64 bit), Windows Server starting with Server 2003, use 1.90.18 for 32 bit platforms.