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Re: Q: Encapsulated Postscript - Mac vs. Unix [message #4149 is a reply to message #4054]

Thu, 27 April 1995 00:00

Troy Klein
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Registered: April 1995

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Solution that works for me:

Try the package "ps2epsmac" at one of the Michigan Mac archive mirrors:

<URL:ftp://mirror.aol.com/pub/mac/util/unix/>

The approach is to take your ps file, generate a PICT image using
Ghostscript and PBMplus, and then combine the PICT image and the
original postscript into a MacBinary file. All of this is accomplished
via a UNIX script file.

Once you decode the MacBinary on your Mac, you end up with a true
Mac EPSF file. You can even select the TYPE and CREATOR in the
UNIX script file.

I've had great success with importing the EPSF into Word, Powerpoint
and MacDraw Pro. It allows me to easily add annotation to my IDL plots.
It even works with color postscript.

I also noticed "ps2epsplus" at the U. Of Michigan Mac archive. I haven't
tried it yet, but this might be an alternative solution.

<URL:ftp://mirror.aol.com/pub/mac/util/text/>

For you PC users, use Archie to find the package "ps2epsf". The approach
is similar, however a TIFF preview is generated instead of a PICT preview to
be compatible with PC applications instead of Mac applications.

Good luck!

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