epstopdf(1)
NAME
epstopdf - convert an EPS file to PDF
SYNOPSIS
epstopdf [options] epsfile
DESCRIPTION
epstopdf transforms the Encapsulated PostScript file epsfile so that it
is guaranteed to start at the 0,0 coordinate, and it sets a page size
exactly corresponding to the BoundingBox. This means that when
Ghostscript renders it, the result needs no cropping, and the PDF MediaBox is correct. The result is piped to Ghostscript and a PDF version
written.
If the bounding box is not right, of course, you have problems...
OPTIONS
- --outfile=file
- write result to file instead of standard output.
- --[no]filter
- read standard input (default: --nofilter).
- --[no]gs
- run ghostscript (default: --gs).
- --[no]compress
- use compression (default: --compress).
- --[no]hires
- scan HiresBoundingBox (default: --nohires).
- --[no]exact
- scan ExactBoundingBox (default: --noexact).
- --[no]debug
- debug informations (default: --nodebug).
- --help print usage
EXAMPLE
Examples for producing "test.pdf":
epstopdf test.eps
produce postscript | epstopdf --filter >test.pdf
produce postscript | epstopdf -f -d -o=test.pdf
Example: look for HiresBoundingBox and produce corrected PostScript:
epstopdf -d --nogs -hires test.ps>testcorr.ps
BUGS
The only thing I have not allowed for is the case of "%%BoundingBox:
(atend)", which is more complicated.
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
- Sebastian Rahtz, for Elsevier Science. Now with extra tricks from Hans
Hagen's texutil.