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Re: Weirdness in Encapsulated Postscript (Windows version)?

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  • Subject: [mg2098] Re: Weirdness in Encapsulated Postscript (Windows version)?
  • From: skyluke at mbox.vol.it (Luke)
  • Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 01:15:35 -0400
  • Organization: Italia Online

bracken at kevily.ECE.CMU.EDU (J Eric Bracken) wrote:



>Under Windows, I exported a graphics plot to an EPS file.  I find
>that there is a lot of binary crud at the beginning and the end of
>the file, and regular old Postscript in between.  (Yes, this is
>in addition to the ^D characters that Windows loves to put in
>Postscript files for some reason.)

>Has anyone else had this problem?

>Why is the binary stuff appearing?  Can I prevent it from being 
>added?

>--Eric Bracken

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I dont think it's a problem; yep, Window adds ^D characters, as no
other OS does but this is not the point. EPS files are PS plus a
little graphics (binary!!!) header, usually TIFF or in Windows
envaironment also WMF, that let graphics programs to see the pic
without decoding Postscript language (as, instead, it will be done by
the printer at printing time); if you dont want binary stuff you have
simply to export graphics cells in PS format, so You will obtain a
regular Postcript laguage file output.






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