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From: mr@ogre.cica.indiana.edu (Michael Regoli)
Subject: Re: EPS Recycle Logos
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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 91 17:48:11 GMT

In <1991Apr25.040156.2883@pegasus.com> richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) writes:

>>> The following two uuencoded files are EPS (encapsulated postscript)
>>> versions (including 300 dpi TIFF bitmaps for display by PageMaker, etc.)
>>> of recycle logos I have drawn.
>>
>>As received here, after uudecoding, they each had 30 bytes of garbage ahead
>>of the %!.  What I presume to be the bitmaps were glued on right after the
>>"showpage" line.  Good for choking a spooler; otherwise requires editing.

>As hideous as it seems that's a valid EPS (of the tiff kind).

>It should really be called a tiff file with a postscript comment.


I deleted the garbage at the head of each file and fed it to PC
PageMaker 4 as an .EPS file.

My HPLJIII/Adobe PostScript cartridge gave me a "PS ERROR 18".

So what's the secret?  How can/should these images be used?  Do they
need a .TIF extension?

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michael regoli
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