Re: converting postscript to encapsulated postscript

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From: Mass Sivilotti
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1991 02:51

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>>>>> On 12 Apr 91 17:49:28 GMT, orthlieb@adobe.COM (Carl Orthlieb) said:

Carl> An Encapsulated PostScript file (EPSF) is a standard format for importing and
Carl> exporting PostScript language files in all environments. It is usually a
Carl> single page PostScript language program that describes an illustration. The
Carl> purpose of the EPS file is to be included as an illustration in other
Carl> PostScript language page descriptions. The EPS file can contain any
Carl> combination of text, graphics, and images. An EPS file is the same as any
Carl> other PostScript language page description, with some restrictions.

Carl> EPS files can optionally contain a bitmapped image preview, so that systems
Carl> that can't render PostScript directly can at least display a crude 
Carl> representation of what the graphic will look like.  There are three 
Carl> preview formats: Mac (PICT), IBM (tiff), and a platform independent preview
Carl> called EPSI.

Does anybody out there have a good way to generate these bitmapped previews,
and include them in an EPSF file.  In particular, Word for Windows on the PC
would like a TIFF preview (and some other binary stuff) prepended onto
a PostScript illustration.

I have a large body of PostScript illustrations that would love to be
imported into WfW.  Any help would be appreciated.

--mass
(mass@hobiecat.cs.caltech.edu)

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