Re: EPS Conversion

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From: David Byram-Wigfield
Date: Sat, 06 Jun 1998 00:00

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In article <B19F09F49668212B@cara.demon.co.uk>, peter@cara.demon.co.uk
(Peter Ceresole) wrote:

>In article <19980606081027339072@teknesis.demon.co.uk>,
>LPS@teknesis.demon.co.uk (Larry Stoter) wrote:
>
>>Thanks - I'll try it out. Does it do a 'proper' conversion though? I
>>have PICTuresque which supposedly converts EPS to PICT but what it
>>actually does is throw out the EPS code and just leave you with the 72
>>dpi pict screen rendering of the EPS file - not really very useful as
>>you loose all the detail of the original EPS file.
>
>I don't know about EPStoPICT, but MacGS will allow you to rescale the EPS
>file so you get the PICT at whatever scale you choose. It will convert to
>many other formats too, but I have set it to 'safe' operating mode which
>disables formats other than PICT.
>
EPStoPICT will rasterise at any dpi up to 350. However, to print any image
over 72 dpi you have to scale down from the print dialogue.

David B-W - The TinyDict v2.0 ASCII->PS->PDF for PS Self-Printing Books
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Date: 1998/06/06
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