Converting Postscript (.ps) files to PDF using Autobahn DX Server

The following steps will enable you to convert postscript (.ps) files to searchable PDF using Autobahn DX.

• Download and install the relevant version of GSview.
• Once installed change your .ps file to open with gsview, to do this:
  • Right click on a post script file and select properties.
  • Click on the change button.
  • Select either C:\Program Files\Ghostgum\gsview\gsview64.exe or gsview32.exe

• Open the easyPDF SDK printer and select the following options:
  • Printer | Properties
  • Preferences
  • Advanced
  • On the Advance options tab set the Resolution to 300 dpi (default is 600 dpi)

• Update the Autobahn config file C:\Aquaforest\Autobahn DX\pj\bin\topdf.exe.config
  • remove the .ps extension from: <add key=”ExcludedExtensions” value=”.zip.exe.pps.ps.chm” />
  • add the .ps extension to: <add key=”AutoExtension” value=”.ps” />

• Finally create a 2 step job in the Autobahn Job Manager as shown below which contains the following steps:
  • Convert Any File to PDF
  • OCR Image-Only PDF