TLDR fix: add `-dPrinted=false` "This was a bug fix, the behaviour previously was incorrect, now it is as intended. The Annotations in your PDF file have no /Flags entry, in the absence of that, the default value (0) is used.
This means that bit 3 of the Flags value is 0, from the PDF Reference: 3 Print (PDF 1.2) If set, print the annotation when the page is printed. If clear, never print the annotation, regardless of whether it is displayed on the screen. This can be useful, for example, for annotations representing interactive pushbuttons, which would serve no meaningful purpose on the printed page. (See implementation note 83 in Appendix H.) The default behaviour of the Ghostscript PDF interpreter is to be a printer. Since these annotations do not have any effect on a printer, they are dropped. If you add to the command line -dPrinted=false then the PDF interpreter behaves as a display device instead. Because these annotations don't have NoView set, the PDF interpreter will process them, which means they will end up in the PDF file, when using pdffwrite." from https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699830 (Hyperlinks broken after conversion) & several "duplicate" reports https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699896 (PDF Anchor Links no longer working since version 25) https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700048 (Clickable links lost when converting to pdf) ... ** Bug watch added: Ghostscript (AFPL) Bugzilla #699830 http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699830 ** Bug watch added: Ghostscript (AFPL) Bugzilla #699896 http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699896 ** Bug watch added: Ghostscript (AFPL) Bugzilla #700048 http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700048 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1806865 Title: Ghostscript removes links (regression from gs 9.18) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/+bug/1806865/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
