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Re: reduce the size of eps [message #49844 is a reply to message #49842]

Wed, 23 August 2006 07:14

Edd Edmondson
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In comp.lang.idl-pvwave michael <Steve.Morris@libero.it> wrote:
> Hi there (sorry for the cross-posting),

> I have some eps plot (done with IDL, some of them in colours) that are
> far too big.

> I should upload them on online archive server and I have to resize
> them. I have tried something like the following command (I'm using
> linux)

> gs -r300 -dEPSCrop -dTextAlphaBits=4 -sDEVICE=png16m
> -sOutputFile=fig.png -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE fig.eps

> but it does not work.

Doesn't work how? No output?

> I was wondering if there's any tip or trick to reduce the size of the
> eps file to be used in a latex file.
> I have opened the eps file with text editor and canceled the %% lines.
> That reduce the size of almost nothing :(
> Apparently IDL is clever and there aren't any redundant fonts ...

Probably depends what exactly you're plotting. Can you give more info?

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Edd

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		Re: reduce the size of eps By: David Streutker on Wed, 23 August 2006 07:58
		Re: reduce the size of eps By: Edd Edmondson on Wed, 23 August 2006 07:14
		Re: reduce the size of eps By: Steve.Morris@libero.i on Wed, 23 August 2006 06:57
		Re: reduce the size of eps By: Maarten[1] on Wed, 23 August 2006 06:39
		Re: reduce the size of eps By: Maarten[1] on Wed, 23 August 2006 06:32
		Re: reduce the size of eps By: K. Bowman on Wed, 23 August 2006 07:57

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