Download Ghostscript 8.51

Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript page description language used by printers and Adobe’s Portable Document Format, or PDF. It converts graphic commands into a bitmap image that can be sent to the printer or monitor. Recently, in the form of version 8.51, a so-called maintenace release has been released in the stable 8.5 branch. There is no changelog, but the following release notes are available:

This is a maintenance release in the new stable series. It contains numerous bug fixes and improvements, particularly in the area of ​​PDF 1.6 handling. We recommend upgrading to all our free users.[break]