How to convert EPS to PDF in Windows?

Question

I have some EPS files and I need to convert them to PDF files in Windows. Google thus far points to me a lot of bad looking commercial software applications. What's the best way to do this?

Answer 1

When MiKTeX is installed, you can use the command line

epstopdf input.eps --output output.pdf

On Windows 10 with Miktex 2.9.6500 64bit, the command is

epstopdf input.eps --outfile output.pdf

Answer 2

You can use Ghostscript to do this easily on command prompt.

1. Install Ghostscript, linked above
2. Open Command Prompt
3. Run %programfiles%\gs\gs9.07\lib\ps2pdf.bat input.eps output.pdf
   • Replace Ghostscript version as needed
   • You can also use the full document path for the input and output files
4. Done

Answer 3

If you prefer sticking with GUI programs, use Gimp, which is also available for Windows. While it can open EPS documents, it cannot save to PDF directly, but using a free PDF printer like PDFCreator. Could include some hassles to set the document size, though.

Answer 4

There's a lot of online free converters. I prefer to use them instead of installing software.

Take a look: onlineconverter.com Or Zamzar

PS: You can do that with Adobe Illustrator, too.

Answer 5

ImageMagick can also convert the EPS files to a PDF with the convert command:

convert input.eps output.pdf

If you prefer not to install ImageMagick or any other software, you can use an online tool to quickly convert EPS to PDF. Try this EPS to PDF Converter It runs fully locally and uses ImageMagick under the hood.

Hope this helps.