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