epspdfconversion error: 'pdftex.def Error: … … .pdf not found'

Question

I am using MikTex 2.9 and TexStudio on Windows 10.

1.I have included in my preamble: \usepackage[outdir=./converted_pdfs/]{epspdfconversion}

2. In Configure TexStudio -> Commands -> PdfLateX, I have: pdflatex.exe -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode --enable-write18 %.tex

3. I have a main .tex file in a directory 'XX', and I have a subdirectory 'XX/gfx' where I have stored my EPS vector graphics.

When trying to build I get:

Package pdftex.def Error: File `./converted_pdfs/VTERM1042_WT_Spikes-epspdf-to.pdf' not found. ...th=0.8\textwidth]{VTERM1042_WT_Spikes.eps}

After searching a lot about the problem on the net I tend to think it is a problem of the path to the .tex file or the path to the .eps files. My impression from reading other people's posts is that "it" does not know where to look for the eps files.

Any help is most appreciated.

Answer 1

So I took the trouble to make a test document and checked the log file. It says quite clearly

 epspdf <file> is used to convert eps->pdf (not epstopdf (script))

and a check in the docu showed (Note the epsTOpdf vs epspdf).

The package needs epspdf which is not in miktex you can find here http://tex.aanhet.net/epspdf.

(This shows again how useful a full test document is, so that one can try out the problem and see the full log-file and don't have to rely on some snippets in the question).

Answer 2

Have you tried using the epstopdf package instead? It is the package called by epspdfconversion and unless you are looking to pass specific parameters to epstopdf, you shouldn't need to use epspdfconversion.

Here is a setup I used earlier, that worked for me:

\usepackage{epstopdf}
\epstopdfsetup{outdir=./}
\graphicspath{{../}}

Note the extra curly brackets inside the graphicspath command.

I stored my images in a subfolder (img) relative to the .tex file (similar to your setup) and my EPS conversions were created in the same folder as the .tex file.

This meant I called my EPS's as follows:

\includegraphics{img/eps_name}

Note that, as always, no .eps ending is required. In your case, you would replace img with gfx of course.

I am using texify to compile but I don't think your command line should be a problem.

Answer 3

Ok, obviously epspdf does not come with MikTeX and needs to be installed by all users of epspdfconversion that are using that distribution. I didn't know that (I am the author of epspdfconversion). I am assuming that a command

epspdf --GRAY afile.eps

can be called via write18/shell-escape

It seem that it is not yet clear how Windows/MikTeX-users make sure that this works.

Daniel