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From: paulg@bhpmrl.oz.au (Paul Gallagher)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Encapsulated PostScript
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Date: 29 Oct 90 02:46:57 GMT
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Greetings from afar, Craig:

re: EPS/Postscript files.

Encapsulated postscript files actually contain the postscript commands
for printing device-resolution independant images, followed by a lo-res
PICT (bit-mapped) image for the purposes of previewing the final output.
Hence "encapsulated".

"Normal" postscript files only contain the code.

Regards,
Paul.

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