Utility to return BoundingBox of a postscript graphic?

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From: Tasman Derk Van Ommen
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1991 03:32

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I am interested in taking regular postscript files and incorporating
BoundingBox info so that they can be incorporated in LaTeX, for example.

At the moment, I have to print the file, measure it (never quite sure where
the lower left origin is either) and iterate on the right values for llx, lly 
etc...

This is tedious and wasteful, so I grabbed (with glee) a file from the adobe
file server that is in postscript and, when prepended to your file will
calculate its BoundingBox.  Trouble is, our laser printer is on a print
queue which does not listen to the reply, and I have no postscript interpreter
for VAX/VMS.

This MUST be a common problem (sorry if it is a FAQ) - does anyone have
VMS (and PC) software to calculate bounding boxes?


Tas van Ommen.             email:  tas@physvax.phys.utas.edu.au

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