Re: EPS to PDF contour plots [message #75683 is a reply to message #75568] |
Tue, 05 April 2011 08:18   |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724 Registered: August 2001
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Matt writes:
> Thanks Heinz. That's really strange, because when I issue the same
> command on my mac, I'm still getting the stripes (same file size
> though). The appearance is slightly different if I view the pdf in
> Preview, Safari or in Acrobat. But they all have stripes.
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> I just tried the same thing on Linux, and then went and used Distiller
> on a Windows machine. Same deal. How can different people be getting
> different results with the same file? Maybe my eyes are the problem?!
The only thing that can possibly make sense here
is that this is a version problem in the software
we are using to convert the PostScript file to a PDF
file.
I am using Adobe Acrobat Pro, version 9 to do the
conversion. I've tried the conversion with several
different combinations of settings and I always
get a clear PDF file.
Of course, there is always the possibility that
the software we are using to *view* the PostScript
and PDF files are screwing it up. We are not, after
all, looking at the original data, but the representation
of the data as presented on the display. The proof,
I suppose, is what happens when we print the file,
since this is the purpose of PostScript output.
Cheers,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
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