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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>Convert PostScript to Encapsulated PostScript Interchange format</title> <!-- $Id: Ps2epsi.htm,v 1.42 2005/10/20 19:46:23 ray Exp $ --> <!-- Originally: ps2epsi.txt --> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="gs.css" title="Ghostscript Style"> </head> <body> <!-- [1.0 begin visible header] ============================================ --> <!-- [1.1 begin headline] ================================================== --> <h1>Convert PostScript to Encapsulated PostScript Interchange format</h1> <!-- [1.1 end headline] ==================================================== --> <!-- [1.2 begin table of contents] ========================================= --> <h2>Table of contents</h2> <blockquote><ul> <li><a href="#Overview">Overview</a> <li><a href="#Framemaker">Framemaker can use EPSI</a> <li><a href="#Usage">Usage</a> <ul> <li><a href="#MSDOS_usage">MS-DOS</a> <li><a href="#Unix_usage">Unix</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Limitations">Limitations</a> <li><a href="#Files">Files</a> </ul></blockquote> <!-- [1.2 end table of contents] =========================================== --> <!-- [1.3 begin hint] ====================================================== --> <p> The information in this document was contributed by George Cameron <<a href="mailto:george@bio-medical-physics.aberdeen.ac.uk">george@bio-medical-physics.aberdeen.ac.uk</a>>; please direct to him any questions about it. Because the software described here is no longer being maintained, this document may be obsolete, or inconsistent with <b><tt>ps2epsi.1</tt></b>. <p> For other information, see the <a href="Readme.htm">Ghostscript overview</a>. <!-- [1.3 end hint] ======================================================== --> <hr> <!-- [1.0 end visible header] ============================================== --> <!-- [2.0 begin contents] ================================================== --> <h2><a name="Overview"></a>Overview</h2> <p> <b><tt>ps2epsi</tt></b> is a utility based on Ghostscript, which takes as input a PostScript file and generates as output a new file which conforms to Adobe's Encapsulated PostScript Interchange (EPSI) format, a special form of <a href="http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/ps/5002.EPSF_Spec.pdf" class="offsite">Encapsulated PostScript</a> (EPS) which adds to the beginning of the file, as PostScript comments, a low-resolution monochrome bitmap image of the final displayed page. Programs which understand EPSI can use this bitmap as a preview on screen of the full PostScript page. The displayed quality is often not very good, but the final printed version uses the "real" PostScript, and thus has the normal full PostScript quality. <h2><a name="Framemaker"></a>Framemaker can use EPSI</h2> <p> The <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/main.html" class="offsite">Adobe Framemaker</a> DTP system is one application which understands EPSI files, and <b><tt>ps2epsi</tt></b> has been tested using Framemaker 3.0 on a Sun workstation with a number of PostScript diagrams from a variety of sources. Framemaker on other platforms may also be able to use files made with <b><tt>ps2epsi</tt></b>, although this has not been tested. <hr> <h2><a name="Usage"></a>Usage</h2> <h3><a name="MSDOS_usage"></a>MS-DOS</h3> <p> Using the supplied batch file <b><tt>ps2epsi.bat</tt></b>, the command is <blockquote> <b><tt>ps2epsi</tt></b> <b><em>infile.ps</em></b> <b><em>outfile.epi</em></b> </blockquote> <p> where <b><em>infile.ps</em></b> is the original PostScript file, and <b><em>outfile.epi</em></b> is the output EPSI file to be created. <h3><a name="Unix_usage"></a>Unix</h3> <p> Using the supplied shell script <b><tt>ps2epsi</tt></b>, the command is <blockquote> <b><tt>ps2epsi</tt></b> <b><em>infile.ps</em></b> <b><em>[outfile.epsi]</em></b> </blockquote> <p> where <b><em>infile.ps</em></b> is the input file and <b><em>outfile.epsi</em></b> is the output EPSI file to be created. If the output filename is omitted, <b><tt>ps2epsi</tt></b> generates one from the input filename; and any standard extension (<b><tt>.ps</tt></b>, <b><tt>.cps</tt></b>, <b><tt>.eps</tt></b> or <b><tt>.epsf</tt></b>) of the input file is replaced in the output file with the extension <b><tt>.epsi</tt></b>. <hr> <h2><a name="Limitations"></a>Limitations</h2> <p> Not all PostScript files can be encapsulated, because there are restrictions in what is permitted in a PostScript file for it to be properly encapsulated. <b><tt>ps2epsi</tt></b> does a little extra work to try to help encapsulation, and it automatically calculates the bounding box required for all encapsulated PostScript files, so most of the time it does a pretty good job. There are certain to be cases, however, when encapsulation fails because of the nature of the original PostScript file. <hr> <h2><a name="Files"></a>Files</h2> <blockquote><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><th colspan=3 bgcolor="#CCCC00"><hr><font size="+1"><b><tt>ps2epsi</tt></b> files</font><hr> <tr valign=bottom> <th align=left>File <td> <th align=left>Contents <tr> <td colspan=3><hr> <tr valign=top> <td><b><tt>ps2epsi.htm</tt></b> <td> <td>This document <tr valign=top> <td><b><tt>ps2epsi.bat</tt></b> <td> <td>MS-DOS batch file <tr valign=top> <td><b><tt>ps2epsi</tt></b> <td> <td>Unix shell script <tr valign=top> <td><b><tt>ps2epsi.ps</tt></b> <td> <td>Ghostscript program which does the work </table></blockquote> <!-- [2.0 end contents] ==================================================== --> <!-- [3.0 begin visible trailer] =========================================== --> <hr> <p> <small>Copyright © 1998, 2000 Aladdin Enterprises. All rights reserved.</small> <p> This software is provided AS-IS with no warranty, either express or implied. This software is distributed under license and may not be copied, modified or distributed except as expressly authorized under the terms of the license contained in the file LICENSE in this distribution. For more information about licensing, please refer to http://www.ghostscript.com/licensing/. For information on commercial licensing, go to http://www.artifex.com/licensing/ or contact Artifex Software, Inc., 101 Lucas Valley Road #110, San Rafael, CA 94903, U.S.A., +1(415)492-9861. <p> <small>Ghostscript version 8.53, 20 October 2005 <!-- [3.0 end visible trailer] ============================================= --> </body> </html>