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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/pdftool.pl b/pdftool.pl
index 39b03c4..bbf3827 100755
--- a/pdftool.pl
+++ b/pdftool.pl
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ outputs!
 
 =item B<--ps>
 
-By default, B<PDFTool> outputs a PDF document; use this flag if
-you want a PostScript instead.
+By default, B<PDFTool> outputs a PDF 1.4 document; use this flag if
+you want a PostScript (language level 2) instead.
 
 =item B<--column>
 
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ while (@ARGV) {
 
 
 *LOG = *STDERR;
-my @gs = ('gs', '-dSAFER');
+my @gs = ('gs', '-P-', '-dSAFER');
 
 # Global variables
 my @auxfiles;   # Auxiliary files, to remove
@@ -576,10 +576,11 @@ sub pdftops {
 
     # Convert to PS
     # TODO: use gs & ps2write, more portable
-    my @cmd = ('pdftops', '-origpagesizes', $infile, '-');
+    my @cmd = ('pdftops', '-passfonts', '-level3', '-origpagesizes');
     push @cmd, '-f', $first  if  defined $first;
     push @cmd, '-l', $last  if  defined $last;
     push @cmd, '-q'  if  exists $config->{quiet};
+    push @cmd, '--', $infile, '-';
 
     my $pid = open $OUT, '-|', @cmd;
     push @pids, [$pid, @cmd];
@@ -917,9 +918,15 @@ sub write {
         $pagedevice = "/PageSize [$out{width} $out{height}]";
     }
 
-    my $device = '-sDEVICE=pdfwrite';
-    $device = '-sDEVICE=ps2write' if exists $out{ps};
-    my @cmd = (@gs, '-dQUIET', '-dBATCH', '-dNOPAUSE', $device, 
+    my @device;
+    if (exists $out{ps}) {
+        # TODO: Can't output a postcript level 3
+        @device = ('-sDEVICE=ps2write', '-dLanguageLevel=3');
+    }
+    else {
+        @device = ('-sDEVICE=pdfwrite', '-dCompatibilityLevel=1.4');
+    }
+    my @cmd = (@gs, '-dQUIET', '-dBATCH', '-dNOPAUSE', @device, 
                     '-dAutoRotatePages=/None',
                     '-dDetectDuplicateImages=false',
                     # Preserve image quality