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In article <EZAJtMO00WBKQ34JNi@andrew.cmu.edu> mr2t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Tod Rose) writes:
>A few solutions, preceded by a nitpick:
>nitpick -- the files produced by holing down the 'f' key are not
>"Encapsulated Postscript" files.  An EPSF is a postscript file which has
>a PICT resource embedded in it for screen display of the graphic in
>programs that can't image postscript (ie. most everything).  The file
>you get when you hit 'f' is straight postscript w/o the PICT inclusion.
>(I *told* you it was a nitpick. :-)
    Actually an EPS file is not required to have a screen preview although
it is strongly recomended. You are correct in saying that the file created
by the command-f shortcut are not EPS. EPS files are required to obey 
certain conventions that the PostScript language files created by the
Apple LaserWriter driver currently does not follow. These are rules which
allow a document to be imbedded into another document in a reliable fashion.
We make the EPS spec available to those who request it. I just posted another
message about the way to obtain it so go back a message or two if you
are looking for the spec.

David Gelphman
Adobe Systems Incorporated