Brief usage description of PStill:

Run 

pstill -H | more

for a list of options.

In general just use

	pstill -M defaultall -o output input

or for multiple inputs (will be merged into 'output')

	pstill -M defaultall -o output input1 input2 ...


The 'default' option is recommended for any conversion:

-M default

You can also turn on font conversion and flattening modes  
by using 'defaultall' instead of 'default':

-M defaultall


To use a control script:

-M defaultall -M pagecontrol=controls\NUP-2-on-1.sl


For output to PDF/X and /A you need ICC profiles. You can find some
at http://www.color.org. The name "CMYKProfile.icc" and "RGBProfile.icc" are
only placeholders in the following samples calls:

For output to PDF/X 1a:

pstill -M defaultall -m XimgAsCMYK -m Xspot -m Xoverprint -d 500 -m XPDFX=INTENTNAME -m XPDFXVERSION=1A -m XICCProfile=CMYKProfile.icc -o output.pdf input

For output to PDF/X 3:

pstill -M defaultall -m XimgAsCMYK -m Xspot -m Xoverprint -d 500 -m XPDFX=INTENTNAME -m XICCProfile=CMYKProfile.icc -o output.pdf input

For output to PDF/A 1b (RGB Target):

pstill -M defaultall -C -s -m XPDFA=INTENTNAME -m XICCProfile=RGBProfile.icc -o output.pdf input

For output to PDF/A (CMYK Target):

pstill -M defaultall -m XimgAsCMYK -s -m XPDFA=INTENTNAME -m XICCProfile=CMYKProfile.icc -o output.pdf input

Note: You need to replace the INTENTNAME with a valid output intent you want to 
use for PDF/A or X generation. This INTENTNAME should match the ICC profile! 
 
A valid name is e.g. (for sRGB): 'sRGB_IEC61966-2-1'. A profile must be defined
in any case otherwise PDF/A output is not turned on and a plain PDF is written.
The log will tell you about issues (Add Option -v).

PStill comes without ICC profiles, see e.g. http://www.color.org for sources.

PStill Pro can also use ICC profiles to convert colors to and from other RGB types.
The std. version is limited to sRGB.

For output to PNG (incl. Alpha), 200 dpi:

pstill -M defaultall -d 200 -M genPNGA -o outputbase input

For output to TIFF:

pstill -M defaultall -d 200 -M genTIFFRGB -o outputbase input
pstill -M defaultall -d 200 -M genTIFFCMYK -o outputbase input

For output to JPEG, 200 dpi, 80 quality:

pstill -M defaultall -d 200 -J 80 -M genJPEG -o outputbase input

Questions? Please send me a message at frank@wizards.de 

