| Re: How to produce EPS image file with preview??? [message #6951] |
Tue, 10 September 1996 00:00 |
mchinand
Messages: 66
Registered: September 1996
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For postscript devices, there is the keyword PREVIEW which should do what
you want. Try doing device,/preview. I have not tried it, so I don't
know how other programs do at reading this preview image.
Mike Chinander
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| Re: How to produce EPS image file with preview??? [message #6962 is a reply to message #6951] |
Mon, 09 September 1996 00:00  |
Liam Gumley
Messages: 473
Registered: November 1994
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Jason Li wrote:
> An EPS graphics file may contain two graphics file formats: the PostScript
> code which determines how the graphic looks when it is printed
> (required), and a TIFF or PICT preview image, the version you see on the
> screen (optional). That is all I know about this subject.
> I'd very much like to learn how to produce an EPS image with a preview,
> in particular the one that is recognized by Microsoft Word.
Jason,
This is a bit of a black art as far as I can tell. The best Unix utility
I have found for this purpose is epstool, which is available from
http://old-www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/epstool.html
(Note: You need to have Ghostscript installed to use epstool. )
epstool allows you to add a TIFF preview (that Word recognizes) to a
Postscript figure created in IDL. The preview image is not great, but
it's better than nothing.
I have a compiled SGI IRIX 6 version if you're interested.
Cheers,
Liam.
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