{ps2pdf} is about a software tool that converts postscript files to pdf
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Highest resolution with ps2pdf following the dvi > dvi2ps > ps2pdf route
I would like to know the highest resolution that I can set in the conversion of a postscript file to its pdf file using ps2pdf. In Ghostscript help pages I see:
The default internal resolution for ...
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Why Horizontal Line in LaTex->dvi->ps->pdf is Thicker than LaTex->dvi->pdf? [duplicate]
I try to use this line in both chains of compiling:
\rule{6 cm}{0.02 cm}
but in LaTex->dvi->ps->pdf is thick even if I make 0.02cm lower while in LaTex->dvi->pdf is a nice slim line which I need. ...
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How do import pdf pages when using latex-dvips-ps2pdf? [duplicate]
I would like to insert some pdf pages from a different file into the one I am working on currently. I understand that I can use the pdfpages package.
However, I am using pstricks and therefore have ...
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Using the cntdwn package with latex->ps->pdf [closed]
I would like to use the cntdwn package in my slides.
The problem is that I am using the features of Pstricks quite a lot.
I am therefore compiling by using latex->ps->pdf.
Although I put dvips in ...
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How can I add something to the page resource dictionary using dvips
I use dvips and ps2pdf and want to add something (Properties) to the page resource dictionary.
I know how to add something to the documents catalog:
\special{ps: mark {Catalog} <<
... what I ...
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ps2pdf produces unreadable text with gnuplot epslatex terminal
I'm using the gnuplot epslatex terminal to generate LaTeX files which I then convert to .pdf files using latex→dvips→ps2pdf. The .ps file produced by dvips is fine (the first image). However, once I ...
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Plain TeX and different hyperlink styles in dvi and pdf
I use the harvmac macros to write papers with plain TeX, and harvmac loads the hyperbasics file to enable hyperlinks.
However I can't figure out why the hyperlinks have a different appearance in the ...
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Using ps2pdf colour and fonts change when TikZ picture added on beamer slide
When compiled with LaTeX + dvi2ps + ps2pdf the pdf output of the below MWE shows a strange behaviour:
On the first slide (without TikZ picture) fonts and colours are slightly different from the ones ...
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After a series of nested \includegraphics, some PDF viewers fail to display the image
I'll admit this is a convoluted example, but I like drawing with TikZ and LaTeX and this particular issue has come up for me more than once.
The minimal working example takes a few files, but in a ...
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ps2pdf Windows 7 Miktex 2.9
I'm about to submit a Latex template to a colleague organizing a conference but one of my tests fails. This is the one on Windows 7 and Miktex 2.9 with the ps2pdf executable to create the final pdf ...
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\animategraphics cuts image
My image works perfectly with \includegraphics:
\includegraphics[height=1.0\textheight]{../../../movie/frinj_cII/movie20100}
but when I include it with \animategrahics ...
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How to use latex to include EPS images with spaces in theirs names and paths?
I have EPS image files (with spaces in their names) in a directory ../../Images space bla bla bla/. The following MWE simulates the real scenario in a simplified way.
\documentclass{article}
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2up pdf with the toc as bookmarks
I left the world of postscript today, but now I wonder how to get a 2up pdf that still has the pdfbookmarks. I found pdfnup but this loses the pdfbookmarks. Is there a way to keep them? Previously I ...
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TikZ with “remember picture” compiled with pdflatex yields different results compared to dvips -> ps2pdf
The following document
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{report}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning}
\begin{document}
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tikzpictures give huge pdf files when processed via dvips and ps2pdf
I have written a paper that includes a couple of TikZ pictures and submitted it to a (Springer) journal. I was quite shocked when I got the pdf file they produced from my source file, since it was ...
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ps2pdf Keeps stopping at page 6 [closed]
I have a gorgeous 18 page PS document, and every time I try ps2pdf it will only convert the first six pages of it.
If I try to use the command line, it says stack underflow at 58% complete saying ...
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Missing symbols in figures after compiling the next one [closed]
My problem is as follows. I have many drawings with mathematical symbols. Only after the compilation of the last two there is a problem. On all other mathematical symbols are incorrectly displayed and ...
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Replacing movie15 with media9 in powerdot presentations
Last year, I could make movie15 work in my powerdot presentations, through the dvi2ps ps2pdf route. I re-visited recently and could not get the movies (*.wma) to appear anymore. I spent the better ...
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eps figure precision loss in .ps, but not .pdf [closed]
I'm submitting a paper to a journal, which requires postscript (.ps) format. Some eps figures are not every intelligible in .ps, but they all look clearly in the .pdf. I tried pdf2ps and pdftops to ...
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How to configure ps2pdf in miktex portable?
I'm using miktex portable 2.9 with TexStudio in Windows 7 without administrator permission. When I try to use ps2pdf, I get the following error: "mgs.exe is not recognizable as an internal or external ...
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Ps2pdf: checking version on a Windows machine
I use TexLive 2011 and Ghostscript 9.05 on Windows XP. I see that my WinEdt when calling ps2pdf for the ps > pdf conversion is using Ghostscript 9.04 (which I do not have anymore on my machine).
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On the fly pdf conversion for inclusion
A while ago I asked how to Include Adobe Illustrator files (ai) with XeTeX. However, the PDF version of the Illustrator files is 1.5 and I compile my XeLateX documents to version 1.4 so the newer ...
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Image quality using PDFLaTeX
I've got some PNG images within my LaTeX document. The quality of the image files is sufficient and the result using LaTeX and viewing the resulting DVI file is quite what I expect - looks good.
But ...
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pstricks and beamer - problem maybe with xcolor?
While creating beamer slides in our comporate design (which forced me using own colors) I got the following problem:
Having a PS-Tricks image within a frame seems to collide with my own color setted ...
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ps2pdf -dEPSCrop stops short with pstricks \uput
Basically ps2pdf -dEPSCrop doesn't crop to the full extent specified and stops at some mysterious point. I'm trying to trim the white space on the left of the image but -dEPSCrop stops short ...
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Convert from PDF to EPS while keeping/outlining fonts
Situation:
I have a PDF file which was generated by using a combination of tikz/pgf and Inkscape. It has all the correctly embedded fonts. It can be downloaded here. For example, using
pdffonts ...
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ps2pdf -dEPSCrop input.eps cannot crop input with \pagecolor{<non-white>}
If I set \pagecolor{} to any color other than white, I will get a strange result.
rem batch.bat takes a file name without extension.
latex -interaction=nonstopmode %1
dvips -E %1 -o %1-temp.eps
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Why must we change = to # when working with ps2pdf in Windows?
Which is the correct syntax for -dAutoRotatePages=/None passed to ps2pdf in Windows?
ps2pdf -dAutoRotatePages=/None input.ps output.pdf
or
ps2pdf -dAutoRotatePages#/None input.ps ...
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What steps are done by XeLaTeX when compiling input files with PSTricks codes, jpeg, png, eps, pdf images?
I am confused why XeLaTeX can produce a pdf output from an input file that contains PSTricks codes, PNG, JPEG, PDF, EPS images. It is the first time I use XeLaTeX and I am really surprised that I can ...
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Which one produces a pdf with the smaller file size? pdflatex or latex-dvips-ps2pdf?
Assume I have a screenshot in png format and make a copy of it in eps format by using ImageMagick.
I create two input file, namely ForPNG.tex and ForEPS.tex. ForPNG.tex imports the png image and is ...
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Why must I invoke ghostscript directly to convert PS to PDF?
My computer runs on Windows 7 with MikTeX 2.9 and GhostScript 9.02 installed.
I am still confused why do I have to invoke gswin64c.exe
rather than ps2pdf.exe to convert ps to pdf?
The switches I ...
