View and correct postscript and PDF files.
GSview 5 is a freeware eps file viewer app and PDF tool developed by Russell Lang for Windows, it's portable and easy-to-use.
The download has been tested by an editor here on a PC and a list of features has been compiled; see below.
A tool to open files in plaintext; Ghostscript/PDF
GSview is a graphical interface for Ghostscript under MS-Windows. Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript page description language used by laser printers. For documents following the Adobe PostScript Document Structuring Conventions, GSview allows selected pages to be viewed or printed. GSview requires Ghostscript 7.04-9.99.
Features of GSview
- Add bitmap or user preview to EPS file (Interchange, TIFF or Windows Metafile).
- Convert pages to bitmap, PDF or PostScript.
- Copy display bitmap to clipboard.
- Display and print PostScript and PDF files.
- Extract bitmap preview or PostScript from DOS EPS file.
- Extract selected pages to another file.
- Extract text or search for text.
- Graphically select and show bounding box for EPS file.
- Page size and Orientation are automatically selected from DSC comments or can be selected using the menu.
- Print selected pages using Ghostscript.
- Read gzip and bzip2 compressed PostScript and PDF files.
- Save clipboard bitmap as BMP file.
- Selectable display resolution, depth, alpha.
- Single button zoom
- View pages in arbitrary order (Next, Previous, Goto).
Compatibility and License
Is GSview free to download?
GSview is provided under a freeware license on Windows from PDF software with no restrictions on usage. Download and installation of this PC software is free and 5.0 is the latest version last time we checked.
What version of Windows can GSview run on?
GSview can be used on a computer running Windows 11 or Windows 10. Previous versions of the OS shouldn't be a problem with Windows 8 and Windows 7 having been tested. It comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit downloads.
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- GSview Download
- Free PDF Software
- Portable Software
- Eps File Viewing Software
- 64-bit downloads