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I have some EPS files and I need to convert them to PDF files in Windows. Google thus far points to me a lot of bad looking commercial software applications. What's the best way to do this?

Jens Erat
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Kevin
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    [This question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/785436/ghostscript-command-line-parameters-to-convert-eps-to-pdf) on Stack Overflow describes how to convert EPS files to PDF using [Ghostscript](http://www.ghostscript.com/). If you have any (specific) issues with that potential answer, come on back. – Nicholas Cole May 24 '13 at 22:31

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When MiKTeX is installed, you can use the command line

epstopdf input.eps --output output.pdf

On Windows 10 with Miktex 2.9.6500 64bit, the command is 

epstopdf input.eps --outfile output.pdf
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Robert Pollak
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    just wanted to point out that for me (Windows 10, MikTex 2.9) the `--output` option does not work. The working command is instead `epstopdf input.eps --outfile=output.pdf` – glS Nov 22 '15 at 19:00
  • This is great: completely simple and does not require the cumbersome installing and usage of ghostscript. – Kore-N Dec 29 '17 at 13:52
  • Does MiKTeX requires GhostScript? – Royi May 26 '18 at 23:47
  • @Royi as far as I remember, it doesn't - but I have not tested recently, and I have Ghostscript installed on my machine for other reasons. – Robert Pollak May 28 '18 at 13:45
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You can use Ghostscript to do this easily on command prompt.

  1. Install Ghostscript, linked above
  2. Open Command Prompt
  3. Run %programfiles%\gs\gs9.07\lib\ps2pdf.bat input.eps output.pdf
    • Replace Ghostscript version as needed
    • You can also use the full document path for the input and output files
  4. Done
Jens Erat
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If you prefer sticking with GUI programs, use Gimp, which is also available for Windows. While it can open EPS documents, it cannot save to PDF directly, but using a free PDF printer like PDFCreator. Could include some hassles to set the document size, though.

Jeff Atwood
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Jens Erat
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    You can provide multiple solutions in a single answer. – Karan May 24 '13 at 23:58
  • Sure - but they've got nothing in common and are [_radically different_](http://meta.superuser.com/a/3430/102155) answers, and form two fully independent ways of achieving the problem. If I'd posted `ps2pdf` and calling ghostscript directly I'd totally agree with you, but these two solutions don't belong together. – Jens Erat May 25 '13 at 00:06
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    Meh, going by what slhck wrote there I still feel these could have been combined, with a separator/HR if required. Anyway, that's all from me on this issue. – Karan May 25 '13 at 01:03
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There's a lot of online free converters. I prefer to use them instead of installing software.

Take a look: onlineconverter.com Or Zamzar

PS: You can do that with Adobe Illustrator, too.

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