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From: woody@rpp386.cactus.org (Woodrow Baker)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Postscript <=> EPS
Summary: eps
Keywords: Possible?
Message-ID: <17682@rpp386.cactus.org>
Date: 17 Jan 90 13:39:06 GMT
References: <12702@cbnewsd.ATT.COM>
Distribution: usa
Organization: River Parishes Programming, Plano, TX
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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. 
> 
> 	Am I on another planet or what?????
> 
> 
> 				Ray Jender
> 				att!cbnewsd!rcj2

perhaps.  This topic has been dealt with over and over on  comp.lang.postscript
but to summarize, EPS is simply a semi-standard formatting specification.
It uses comments to separate sections of the postscript file.  Certain
comments convey information about the image, such as BoundingBox info
and the like.  A EPS aware program can parse these comments, and know how
to transform, place and size the documents.  You can get a copy of the
documents from the     ps-fileserver@adobe.com

mail a message:

send help

for help in useing the server.

mail a message

send index     
for an index

send index Documents

will get you a list of documents

send Document xxxx

will get you document xxxx.  One note, these things
are in the form of postscript files and need a printer to print them.

Cheers
Woody