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From: glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn Reid)
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Subject: Re: EPSF ==> EPSI (FrameMaker)   ...and FREE CANDY BARS!!
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Date: 4 May 91 21:01:57 GMT
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Paul Spinrad writes
> 
> How can I convert an EPSF file to an EPSI file on the SPARCstation?
> 
> I'm using FrameMaker on the SPARCstation running X Windows, and have a source
> of EPSF files I want to use.  Frame provides a program to convert EPSF to  
EPSI
> on the Mac, but I want to do it on the Sun.
> 
> Someone out there must have a way of doing this.  They must.  I will send you
> candy bars of your choice if you're the first to send me a solution or a
> pointer to a solution.

The reason that Frame's EPSF converter runs on the Mac is because the
preview section of the EPSF file is a "PICT" resource on the Mac, and it
is very difficult to translate on the Sun without the Mac Toolbox.  A PICT
can have all kinds of components, many of which are easily rendered on
the Mac but not so easily interpreted on the Sun.  Frame decided to just
"draw" the PICT on the Mac and then use the rendered bits to create an
EPSI file.

The simplest thing for you to do is to get an EPS file without the preview,
and import it into Frame on your Sun.  You won't see the picture, but it'll
print OK.

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