EPSTOPDF(F)                                           EPSTOPDF(F)



NAME
       epstopdf - convert an EPS file to PDF

SYNOPSIS
       epstopdf [options] epsfile

DESCRIPTION
       epstopdf  transforms the Encapsulated PostScript file eps-
       file so that it is guaranteed to start at the 0,0  coordi-
       nate, and it sets a page size exactly corresponding to the
       BoundingBox.  This means that when Ghostscript renders it,
       the result needs no cropping, and the PDF MediaBox is cor-
       rect.  The result is piped to Ghostscript and a  PDF  ver-
       sion written.

       If  the  bounding  box  is  not right, of course, you have
       problems...

OPTIONS
       --outfile=file
              write result to file instead of standard output.

       --[no]filter
              read standard input   (default: --nofilter).

       --[no]gs
              run ghostscript       (default: --gs).

       --[no]compress
              use compression       (default: --compress).

       --[no]hires
              scan HiresBoundingBox (default: --nohires).

       --[no]exact
              scan ExactBoundingBox (default: --noexact).

       --[no]debug
              debug informations    (default: --nodebug).

       --help print usage

EXAMPLE
       Examples for producing "test.pdf":

       epstopdf test.eps
       produce postscript | epstopdf --filter >test.pdf
       produce postscript | epstopdf -f -d -o=test.pdf

       Example: look for HiresBoundingBox and  produce  corrected
       PostScript:

       epstopdf -d --nogs -hires test.ps>testcorr.ps

BUGS
       The  only  thing  I  have  not  allowed for is the case of
       "%%BoundingBox: (atend)", which is more complicated.

SEE ALSO
       gs(s).

AUTHOR
       Sebastian Rahtz, for Elsevier  Science.   Now  with  extra
       tricks from Hans Hagen's texutil.



                         October 30, 1999             EPSTOPDF(F)