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From: grover@big-joe.cs.unlv.edu (Kevin Grover)
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Subject: Re: What is the difference between EPS and PS ??
Message-ID: <1991May10.205953.11870@unlv.edu>
Date: 10 May 91 20:59:53 GMT
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In article <1991May10.155128.5398@cs.mcgill.ca>, genius@cs.mcgill.ca (Michel NGUYEN) writes:
) 
)   The subject says it all. I am a novice.


In a nutshell, EPS is PS following a standard that defines types, formats, 
and placement of special comments (and to an extent the PS code itself) so that
other programs can read the PostScript and incorporate it into other documents
more easily.  Basically it is a special and standard (to some extent) form
of commenting PS code that is meant to be incorrporated into other documents.
(NeXT machines read EPS code nicely, as I'm sure other publishing type software
does as well.)

NOTE:	This is a SIMPLIFIED description, do not flame this as
	being incorrect or incomplete.

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