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 Ghostscript renders it, the result needs no cropping, and the PDF Medi aBox 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 gs(1). AUTHOR Sebastian Rahtz, for Elsevier Science. Now with extra tricks from Hans Hagens texutil. October 30, 1999 EPSTOPDF(1)