If you're willing to learn how to create a tex file you can also compile a
pdf on the ssh server.

you can get away with using just three manditory lines to make a working
*.tex file.  It is somewhat simular to html

\documentclass[nameofdocument,12pt]{article}
\begin{document}
Your text goes here.
\end{document}

\documentclass[]{}
\begin{document}
Go on the top of your *.tex file. There are extra formatting tags that you
can use, but for a basic pdf or ps file, you might as well just use the
basics.

\end{document}
goes at the end of the text that you want to display in the pdf or ps file.

Professor Gordon-Ross showed me a pretty simple way to make a pdf file.
after you create your text file you can use the command line:

latex yourfile.tex

followed by

dvipdf yourfile.dvi yourfile.pdf

You can also use:
pdflatex yourfile.tex

either one of these programs will tell you if you have made an error in
your  *.tex file before making the *.pdf or *.ps file

if you want to read more about how to use latex and how to create *.tex
files this website has a pretty helpful tutorial.
http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~dwilkins/LaTeXPrimer/