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From: rick@hanauma.stanford.edu (Richard Ottolini)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Postscript <=> EPS
Keywords: Possible?
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Date: 17 Jan 90 06:00:53 GMT
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In article <12702@cbnewsd.ATT.COM> rcj2@cbnewsd.ATT.COM (ray.c.jender) writes:
>
>	I think I know how postscript works. But exactly what
>	is Encapsulated PS, how does it work and can I convert
>	one to the other? I have 2 programs. One creates Postscript
>	the other reads Encapsulated Postscript. Needless to say,
>	I can't use one with the other. 
Encapsulated Postscript contains the bitmap of the rendered image
before the drawing commands.  Some versions contain only the bitmap.
The bitmap is not as good as the drawing commands because it implements
a device resolution.