Converting ps files to eps (FAQ)

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2 total messages Started by B. Ravi Shankar Thu, 05 Nov 1992 01:58

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Author: B. Ravi Shankar
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 01:58

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Greetings,

Sorry if this is an FAQ, but I'm at my wit's end with this
problem.

I have files in CGM format which I am able to convert into
postscript. I need  to make eps files out of either the 
cgm files or the postscript files so that I can include 
them into my latex sources files. The CGM/postscript files
are basically figures/graphs etc.

Could somebody suggest how I can do this and if not could you
tell me where I might find the FAQ list of this newsgroup.

Any other solution to convert CGM files to eps files would be
very welcome.

Thank you very much in advance

Ravishankar
Dept of Aerospace and Ocean Engg.
VPI&SU
Blacksburg, VA 24060

Re: Converting ps to eps

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Author: Scott Cunningham
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 05:04

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In article <9136@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> ravi@vttcf.cc.vt.edu (B. Ravi Shankar)  
writes:

 "I have files in CGM format which I am able to convert into
 "postscript. I need  to make eps files out of either the 
 "cgm files or the postscript files so that I can include 
 "them into my latex sources files. The CGM/postscript files
 "are basically figures/graphs etc.
 "
 "Could somebody suggest how I can do this and if not could you
 "tell me where I might find the FAQ list of this newsgroup.

	The answers you seek are in the 'Red Book' (aka 'PostScript Language  
Reference Manual')  You need to modify the header of your file to include the  
EPS File header.  Here is the example given in the book:

%!PS-Adobe-3.0 EPSF-3.0
%% BoundingBox: 5 5 105 105		<---This is the important line
10 setlinewidth
10 10 moveto
0 90 rlineto 90 0 rlineto 0 -90 rlineto closepath
stroke

The command setting the BoundingBox is probably missing from your code.
This sets the coordinates which surround your image.

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