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Re: EPS vs. PS [message #40741 is a reply to message #40675]

Sun, 29 August 2004 15:11

Mark Hadfield
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Michael Wallace wrote:
> As circuitous as this is, I learned that I can do this with ImageMagick:
>
> convert file.eps file.pdf && convert file.pdf file.ps
>
>
> Going through PDF in the middle causes the final Postscript file to keep
> the vector information rather than changing it to raster image.

How do you know this? Are you sure it is not just a high-resolution image.

> The odd
> thing is that the simpler command causes the PS created to be a raster
> image.
>
> convert file.eps file.ps
>
> Strange behavior if you ask me.

Not strange for an *image* manipulation program like ImageMagick. The
strange thing is the behaviour you report for the PDF file.

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National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)

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		EPS vs. PS By: Michael Wallace on Tue, 24 August 2004 22:11
		Re: EPS vs. PS By: Mark Hadfield on Sun, 29 August 2004 15:11
		Re: EPS vs. PS By: Michael Wallace on Tue, 07 September 2004 06:15
		Re: EPS vs. PS By: R.Bauer on Thu, 26 August 2004 03:48

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