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+-In article <EXIMn-J38k-0A6VVEc@andrew.cmu.edu>, fp0a+@andrew.cmu.edu (F. Pierce, III) wrote:-
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| Encapsulated Postscript is a file protocol which contains both
| postscript code to generate an image and a screen bitmap of the same
| image.  The idea is that programs can generate EPSF files for other
| programs to import; the importing program displays the bitmap on
| screen and then prints the postscript portion of the EPSF to the
| printer later on.
|
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  I thought the bitmap stuff was just gravy; as far as I was concerned EPS
was just a way to include one Postscript program within another, which was
generated by some automaton program (like a word processor).  In EPS, you
are constrained by a couple of things, most notably
 * you have to leave the stack just like you found it; no extra stuff, nothing
   taken away
 * you can't use certain commands (things to reset the printer, nasty stuff
   like that)
 * you have to have a %%BoundingBox: as one of the header lines in your program
   (defined in Green Book; basically the coordinates of the upper left and
   lower right corners of a box that will surround your image; note that you
   can LIE)

  The exact spec can be obtained FREE from Adobe with just a phone call; it'll
be mailed right out to you.  It's pretty neat stuff, Maynard.

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