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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="3">ps2epsi files</th> + </tr> +<tr> + <th align="left">File</th> + <th> </th> + <th align="left">Contents</th> + </tr> +<tr> + <td><code>ps2epsi.htm</code></td> + <td> </td> + <td>This document</td> + </tr> +<tr> + <td><code>ps2epsi.bat</code></td> + <td> </td> + <td>MS-DOS batch file</td> + </tr> +<tr> + <td><code>ps2epsi</code></td> + <td> </td> + <td>Unix shell script</td> + </tr> +<tr> + <td><code>ps2epsi.ps</code></td> + <td> </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 © 2000-2019 Artifex Software, Inc. 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