Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!motcid!derosa
From: derosa@motcid.UUCP (John DeRosa)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: EPS and PS, the difference?
Message-ID: <1816@diamond2.UUCP>
Date: 22 Mar 90 16:07:38 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Div., Arlington Heights, IL
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I am hot on the trail of a way to convert Sun Interleaf
to Macintosh Pict.  I thought I had the problem licked
but have reached another road block.

I have converted the Interleaf file to PS.  What I mean
by PS (postscript) is I have a file that is pure postscript
code starting with #! Adobe.  I then FTP'd the file
to the Mac and was able to print the file with programs
like Widgets and Postility.

Postility also says it can convert EPS (encapsulated postscript)
to Pict or Text.  This did nothing with my PS Interleaf file.

The question is; what is PS, and what is EPS?  Can one
be converted to the other?  Does anyone know the solution
to my conversion problem.  Thanks in advance for any help.

SIDE ISSUE: If I have a PS file from Interleaf, I can 
print it on the sun with the lpr command and I get the 
picture/document (not the PS code).  If I try the 
same file on the mac and print it with a text editor
like Edit, I get the PS code printout, not the 
picture/document (downloading it with Widgets works
fine).  Why the difference?

SECOND SIDE ISSUE:  A Macintosh PS file begins with 
the line #! Adobe 2.0, a Sun Interleaf PS file begins
with the line #! Adobe.  Does this mean that they are
different versions of PostScript?  The Sun file will
print on the Mac but the Mac file will NOT print on
the Sun. 
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