GhostScript noob help - Breaking a multipage PDF file into many single page PS or EPS files.

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Published on 2010-12-26T18:23:31Z Indexed on 2010/12/26 18:55 UTC
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Hi,

I'm trying to do the following with ghostscript:

Turn one multipage PDF file (about 3,000 pages, 200mb file) into:

One file per page of the PDF, and convert each (page/file) to EPS or PS (post script(preferably)).

Example:

hello.pdf (10 pages)

would produce:

hello1.ps (page 1 out of 10)
hello2.ps
hello3.ps
...
hello10.ps

How can I do this? I've been trying for 4 days, and can't figure it out.

I have a script I've tried(won't work):

Note: Windows(7) user here.

gs -sDEVICE=epswrite -o documentname-%.eps documentname.pdf

I also don't know how to navigate to the directory where my file resides (cannot figure that out, too). If you can, please show me how.

A big thank you.

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