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!!NAME
-ps2epsi - generate conforming Encapsulated PostScript
+ps2epsi - generate conforming Encapsulated !
PostScript
!!SYNOPSIS
__ps2epsi__ ''infile.ps'' [[ ''outfile.epsi'' ]
@@ -25,20 +25,20 @@
!!DESCRIPTION
__ps2epsi__ uses gs(1) to process a
-__PostScript__(tm) file and generate as output a new file
-which conforms to Adobe's __Encapsulated PostScript
+__!
PostScript__(tm) file and generate as output a new file
+which conforms to Adobe's __Encapsulated !
PostScript
Interchange__ (EPSI) format. EPSI is a special form of
-encapsulated PostScript (EPS) which adds to the beginning of
-the file in the form of PostScript comments a bitmapped
+encapsulated !
PostScript (EPS) which adds to the beginning of
+the file in the form of !
PostScript comments a bitmapped
version of the final displayed page. Programs which
understand EPSI (usually word processors or DTP programs)
can use this bitmap to give a preview version on screen of
-the PostScript. The displayed quality is often not very good
+the !
PostScript. The displayed quality is often not very good
(e.g., low resolution, no colours), but the final printed
-version uses the real PostScript, and thus has the normal
-PostScript quality.
+version uses the real !
PostScript, and thus has the normal
+!
PostScript quality.
!!USAGE
On Unix systems invoke __ps2epsi__ like
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where
!!LIMITATIONS
-Not every PostScript file can be encapsulated successfully,
-because there are restrictions on what PostScript constructs
+Not every !
PostScript file can be encapsulated successfully,
+because there are restrictions on what !
PostScript constructs
a correct encapsulated file may contain. __ps2epsi__ does
a little extra work to try to help encapsulation, and it
automatically calculates the bounding box required for all
-encapsulated PostScript files, so most of the time it does a
+encapsulated !
PostScript files, so most of the time it does a
pretty good job. There are certain to be cases, however,
where the encapsulation does not work because of the content
-of the original PostScript file.
+of the original !
PostScript file.
!!COMPATIBILITY
The __Framemaker__ DTP system is one application which
understands EPSI files, and __ps2epsi__ has been tested
-on a number of PostScript diagrams from a variety of
+on a number of !
PostScript diagrams from a variety of
sources, using Framemaker 3.0 on a Sun workstation.
Framemaker on other platforms should be able to use these
files, although I have not been able to test
this.
