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Careful with this conversion
Authored by: grondin on Aug 23, '05 10:17:36AM

I've had major problems using this "feature": many of my project are too complex for preview and I get a freeze when I accidently open a "generic" eps in preview.

Also you cannot control the quaility of the PDF made. I expect this process uses the same options as the "Print to PDF" feature of the print dialog box. These PDF are generally not suitable for sending to a commercial printer for use on a printing press.

Given these couple limitations, I think this is a GREAT way to convert those raw PS and EPS files to a useful format.



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Also done via CLI
Authored by: m@ on Aug 23, '05 11:22:40AM

Apple's ps/eps convertion can also be done via the CLI using pstopdf. This should not be confused with the various GhoseScript convertions utilities also avalable via the CLI such as ps2pdf etc.

As previously noted pstopdf has problems with some PostScript commands, but when used in conjunction with epstool is very efficent. The latter most probably due to Apple optermising pstopdf.



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Careful with this conversion
Authored by: siMac on Aug 24, '05 03:37:57AM
Also you cannot control the quaility of the PDF made.
Not with Preview, no - it just does a straight conversion to a full resolution PDF. However, you can then open that PDF in ColorSync Utility and resample, compress, etc with the settings you require.

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