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From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: What is encapsulated PostScript?
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Date: 21 Aug 90 03:48:19 GMT
References: <18349@janus.trl.oz>
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In article <18349@janus.trl.oz> lampard@janus.trl.oz (Greg Lampard) writes:
<Can someone please tell me what differences there are (if any) between 
<'normal' PostScript and 'Encapsulated' PostScript.  
<I ask merely for information.

In a nutshell, extra special comments are added to the code that provides
information for other programs to read in the file.  As far as I know, the
sole purpose of EPS files is for importation into other programs.  You know,
like creating a graphics picture and importing it into your word processing
package.
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