Convert color PDF to grayscale (Color PDF to Black and White) in Ubuntu

Convert color PDF to grayscale (Color PDF to Black and White) in Ubuntu

Curt Sahd

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Curt Sahd

25 Apr 2011 • 1 min read

pdf2ps -sDEVICE=psgray nameOfPDF.pdf
ps2pdf nameOfPs.ps

Converts pdf to postscript file and saves as grayscale
Converts postscript file to pdf and retains quality of original pdf

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