readings eps files

[Roger Heflin]

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There are ps to ascii programs, all they do is rip out the text
placement information and leave the text.  Not very useful if you have
graphics that you want to see, or eps postscript files that are all
graphics.

Ghostscript and ghostview are not shareware, they are freeware, and
can be used to convert to most image formats (jpg,gif), but you will
have to give it info on what dpi to use.  I have used it on unix to
make a non ps printer print postscript, and it works about as often as
our real postscript printers.

Also I have seen printer drivers (with Zenographics printer driver)
that would allow you to print to a WMF/EMF/jpg/gif/... type file
directly.  I don't think I ever really tried them, but I cannot see
why such an idea would not work correctly.  I just wish I could find a
free printer dirve that would do that job since this would allow
almost any program to output to gif or jpg.

			Roger

On Fri, 4 Dec 1998 kv at us.ibm.com wrote:

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> Is there really such a thing as ASCII  2?  I have heard people say that so
> many times but always thought it was just plain ASCII.
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> Anyway-  eps is basically postscript (an ascii printing language)(some
> people use it for more than printing- see Don Lancaster on the WWW).  You
> can use several sharware programs to view it  (ghostscript) and you can
> likely print it to a postscript printer (just drag or copy the file to a
> printer port)   or you can convert it to something else...  my favorite
> postscript convertor can be found at http://www.square1.nl/Frames/home.html
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> They have a 30 day free trial.
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> Don Lancaster is the postscript hacker Guru (IMHO)---  you can find him at
> www.tinaja.com
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> KV.
> ________________________________________________
>   Kevin Vannorsdel     IBM Arm Electronics Development
>     408-256-6492                Tie 276-6492     kv at us.ibm.com
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> WLundquist at aol.com on 12/04/98 10:19:38 AM
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> Please respond to diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
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> To:   diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
> cc:    (bcc: Kevin Vannorsdel/San Jose/IBM)
> Subject:  readings eps files
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> Help anyone?
> I downloaded the eps files for the 332 pc board but am having trouble
> opening
> the file to view it. I thought I had a graphics program to support the file
> but all I get is asci II or something. Any help would be appreciated.
>                              Wayne
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