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authorChris Liddell <chris.liddell@artifex.com>2013-07-23 16:24:19 +0100
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Squashed into one commit (see branch for details of the evolution of the branch). This brings gpcl6 and gxps into the Ghostscript build system, and a shared set of graphics library object files for all the interpreters. Also, brings the same configuration options to the pcl and xps products as we have for Ghostscript.
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+.TH PS2EPSI 1 "30 March 2015" 9.16 "Ghostscript Tools" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+ps2epsi \- generate conforming Encapsulated PostScript
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+\fBps2epsi\fR \fIinfile.ps\fR [ \fIoutfile.epsi\fR ] \fB(Unix)\fR
+.br
+\fBps2epsi\fR \fIinfile.ps\fR [ \fIoutfile.epi\fR ] \fB(DOS)\fR
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+\fBps2epsi\fR uses \fBgs\fR(1) to process a \fBPostScript\fR(tm) file and
+generate as output a new file which conforms to Adobe's \fBEncapsulated
+PostScript Interchange\fR (EPSI) format. EPSI is a special form of
+encapsulated PostScript (EPS) which adds to the beginning of the file in
+the form of PostScript comments a bitmapped version of the final displayed
+page. Programs which understand EPSI (usually word processors or DTP
+programs) can use this bitmap to give a preview version on screen of the
+PostScript. The displayed quality is often not very good (e.g., low
+resolution, no colours), but the final printed version uses the real
+PostScript, and thus has the normal PostScript quality.
+.SH USAGE
+On Unix systems invoke \fBps2epsi\fR like this:
+.PP
+.br
+ \fBps2epsi\fR \fIinfile.ps\fR [ \fIoutfile.epsi\fR ]
+.PP
+where "infile.ps" is the input file and "outfile.epsi" is the resulting
+EPSI file. If the output filename is omitted, it is generated from the
+input filename. When a standard extension (".ps", ".cps", ".eps" or
+".epsf") is used, it is replaced with the output extension ".epsi". On
+DOS systems the command is:
+.PP
+.br
+ \fBps2epsi\fR \fIinfile.ps outfile.epi\fR
+.PP
+where "infile.ps" is the original PostScript file, and "outfile.epi"
+is the name of the output file.
+.SH LIMITATIONS
+Not every PostScript file can be encapsulated successfully, because there
+are restrictions on what PostScript constructs a correct encapsulated file
+may contain. \fBps2epsi\fR does a little extra work to try to help
+encapsulation, and it automatically calculates the bounding box required
+for all encapsulated PostScript files, so most of the time it does a pretty
+good job. There are certain to be cases, however, where the encapsulation
+does not work because of the content of the original PostScript file.
+.SH COMPATIBILITY
+The \fBFramemaker\fR DTP system is one application which understands EPSI
+files, and \fBps2epsi\fR has been tested on a number of PostScript diagrams
+from a variety of sources, using Framemaker 3.0 on a Sun workstation.
+Framemaker on other platforms should be able to use these files, although I
+have not been able to test this.
+.SH FILES
+.TS
+tab(>);
+l l.
+ps2epsi>Unix shell script
+ps2epsi.bat>DOS batch file
+ps2epsi.ps>the Ghostscript program which does the work
+.TE
+.fi
+.SH SEE ALSO
+gs (1)
+.SH VERSION
+This document was last revised for Ghostscript version 9.16.
+However, the content may be obsolete, or inconsistent with ps2epsi.txt.
+.SH AUTHOR
+George Cameron