EPSTOPDF(1)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 Ghost‐
script renders it, the result needs no cropping, and the PDF MediaBox
is correct. The result is piped to Ghostscript and a PDF version writ‐
ten.
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 ALSOgs(1).
AUTHOR
Sebastian Rahtz, for Elsevier Science. Now with extra tricks from Hans
Hagen's texutil.
October 30, 1999 EPSTOPDF(1)