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diff --git a/doc/Ps2epsi.htm b/doc/Ps2epsi.htm deleted file mode 100644 index d20e17ada..000000000 --- a/doc/Ps2epsi.htm +++ /dev/null @@ -1,204 +0,0 @@ -<!doctype html> -<html lang="en"> -<head> - <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> - <meta name="viewport" content="user-scalable=yes, initial-scale=1, width=device-width"> - <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Source+Sans+Pro:200,200i,300,300i,400,400i,600,600i,700,700i,900,900i" rel="stylesheet"> - <link rel="shortcut icon" href="images/favicon.svg"> - <title>Convert PostScript to Encapsulated PostScript Interchange Format</title> - <link href="default.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> -</head> - -<body> - <header><div class="title"><a href="index.html"><h1 aria-label="title">Ghostscript documentation</h1><h2 aria-label="version"></h2></a></div><a href="Search.htm" aria-label="Search" id="searchSite"><div class="search"></div></a></header> - <main> - <article> - <div class="outer"> - - <div class="inner"> -<!--START EDITING HERE--> - -<h1>Convert PostScript to Encapsulated PostScript Interchange Format</h1> - -<h2><a name="toc"></a>Table of contents</h2> -<ul class="toc"> - <li><a href="#Overview">Overview</a> - <li><a href="#Framemaker">Framemaker can use EPSI</a> - <li><a href="#Usage">Usage</a> - <li> - <ul> - <li><a href="#MSDOS_usage">MS-DOS</a> - <li><a href="#Unix_usage">Unix</a> - </ul> - </li> - <li><a href="#Limitations">Limitations</a> - <li><a href="#Files">Files</a> -</ul> - -<!-- [1.2 end table of contents] =========================================== --> - -<!-- [1.3 begin hint] ====================================================== --> - -<p> -The information in this document was contributed by George Cameron -<<a href="mailto:george@bio-medical-physics.aberdeen.ac.uk">george@bio-medical-physics.aberdeen.ac.uk</a>>; -please direct to him any questions about it. Because the software -described here is no longer being maintained, this document may be -obsolete, or inconsistent with <code>ps2epsi.1</code>. - -<p> -For other information, see the <a href="Readme.htm">Ghostscript -overview</a>. - -<!-- [1.3 end hint] ======================================================== --> - -<hr> - -<!-- [1.0 end visible header] ============================================== --> - -<!-- [2.0 begin contents] ================================================== --> - -<h2><a name="Overview"></a>Overview</h2> - -<p> -<code>ps2epsi</code> is a utility based on Ghostscript, which takes as -input a PostScript file and generates as output a new file which conforms -to Adobe's Encapsulated PostScript Interchange (EPSI) format, a special -form of -<a href="http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/ps/5002.EPSF_Spec.pdf" -class="offsite">Encapsulated PostScript</a> -(EPS) which adds to the beginning of the file, as PostScript comments, a -low-resolution monochrome bitmap image of the final displayed page. -Programs which understand EPSI can use this bitmap as a preview on screen -of the full PostScript page. The displayed quality is often not very good, -but the final printed version uses the "real" PostScript, and thus has the -normal full PostScript quality. -<hr? -<h2><a name="Framemaker"></a>Framemaker can use EPSI</h2> - -<p> -The <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/main.html" -class="offsite">Adobe Framemaker</a> DTP system is one application which -understands EPSI files, and <code>ps2epsi</code> has been tested using -Framemaker 3.0 on a Sun workstation with a number of PostScript diagrams -from a variety of sources. Framemaker on other platforms may also be able -to use files made with <code>ps2epsi</code>, although this has not been -tested. - -<hr> - -<h2><a name="Usage"></a>Usage</h2> - -<h3><a name="MSDOS_usage"></a>MS-DOS</h3> - -<p> -Using the supplied batch file <code>ps2epsi.bat</code>, the command is - -<blockquote> -<code>ps2epsi</code> <b><em>infile.ps</em></b> <b><em>outfile.epi</em></b> -</blockquote> - -<p> -where <b><em>infile.ps</em></b> is the original PostScript file, and -<b><em>outfile.epi</em></b> is the output EPSI file to be created. - -<h3><a name="Unix_usage"></a>Unix</h3> - -<p> -Using the supplied shell script <code>ps2epsi</code>, the command is - -<blockquote> -<code>ps2epsi</code> <b><em>infile.ps</em></b> <b><em>[outfile.epsi]</em></b> -</blockquote> - -<p> -where <b><em>infile.ps</em></b> is the input file and -<b><em>outfile.epsi</em></b> is the output EPSI file to be created. If the -output filename is omitted, <code>ps2epsi</code> generates one from the -input filename; and any standard extension (<code>.ps</code>, -<code>.cps</code>, <code>.eps</code> or <code>.epsf</code>) of the -input file is replaced in the output file with the extension -<code>.epsi</code>. - -<hr> - -<h2><a name="Limitations"></a>Limitations</h2> - -<p> -Not all PostScript files can be encapsulated, because there are -restrictions in what is permitted in a PostScript file for it to be -properly encapsulated. <code>ps2epsi</code> 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, when -encapsulation fails because of the nature of the original PostScript file. - -<hr> - -<h2><a name="Files"></a>Files</h2> - -<blockquote><table> -<tr> - <th colspan="2">ps2epsi files</th> - </tr> -<tr> - <th align="left">File</th> - - <th align="left">Contents</th> - </tr> -<tr> - <td><code>ps2epsi.htm</code></td> - - <td>This document</td> - </tr> -<tr> - <td><code>ps2epsi.bat</code></td> - - <td>MS-DOS batch file</td> - </tr> -<tr> - <td><code>ps2epsi</code></td> - - <td>Unix shell script</td> - </tr> -<tr> - <td><code>ps2epsi.ps</code></td> - - <td>Ghostscript program which does the work</td> - </tr> -</table></blockquote> - -<!-- [2.0 end contents] ==================================================== --> - -<!-- [3.0 begin visible trailer] =========================================== --> - -<hr> - -<p> -<small>Copyright © 2000-2022 Artifex Software, Inc. 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