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Is there a way to automatically remove postscript files when PDF creation is complete?

Gabor Sz
Gabor Sz over 1 year ago

In OrCAD Capture CIS version 17.2, Using the Export PDF function to create a PDF leaves behind several postscript files with names like CapMark.ps

I noticed this recently after upgrading to a newer computer and don't remember this behavior in my previous environment.  The PDF files are correctly created.  Is there something in the settings (possibly converter arguments for Ghostscript?) that will remove these files when the PDF file creation is complete?

I'm using Ghostscript 64 bit / equivalent

Converter Path:

D:\Cadence\GSwin64\bin\gswin64c.exe

Converter Arguments:
-sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=$::capPdfUtil::mPdfFilePath -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE $::capPdfUtil::mPSFilePath

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    0 rg13 over 1 year ago

    Postscript files are temporarily created during the process of exporting PDF for any design in Capture using ghostscript. 

    Could you please try following suggestion:

    -  There is no space in design name and path to design.

    - There is no space in PDF file name and path to PDF file.

    See if it works for you.

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    0 rg13 over 1 year ago

    Postscript files are temporarily created during the process of exporting PDF for any design in Capture using ghostscript. 

    Could you please try following suggestion:

    -  There is no space in design name and path to design.

    - There is no space in PDF file name and path to PDF file.

    See if it works for you.

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    0 Gabor Sz over 1 year ago in reply to rg13

    I tried that, and there's no difference in behavior.  Just to make sure I created a new project in D:\Temp with name TempProj and standard page names, and it also has postscript files left over after creating a PDF.

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