1EPSTOPDF(1) General Commands Manual EPSTOPDF(1)
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6 epstopdf, repstopdf - convert an EPS file to PDF
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9 epstopdf [options] [epsfile]
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12 epstopdf transforms the Encapsulated PostScript file epsfile (or stan‐
13 dard input) so that it is guaranteed to start at the 0,0 coordinate,
14 and it sets a page size exactly corresponding to the BoundingBox. This
15 means that when Ghostscript renders it, the result needs no cropping,
16 and the PDF MediaBox is correct. By default, the result is piped to
17 Ghostscript and a PDF version written.
18 If the bounding box is not right, of course, there are problems.
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22 --outfile=file
23 write result to file. If this option is not given, and --nogs
24 or --filter is specified, write to standard output; otherwise,
25 the default is to construct the output file name by replacing
26 any extension in the input file with .pdf.
27 --[no]compress
29 use compression (default: on).
30 --[no]debug
32 write debugging info (default: off).
33 --[no]embed
35 embed fonts (default: on).
36 --[no]exact
38 scan ExactBoundingBox (default: off).
39 --[no]filter
41 read standard input and (unless --outfile is given) write stan‐
42 dard output(default: off).
43 --[no]gs
45 run Ghostscript (default: on). With --nogs, output (to standard
46 output by default) the PostScript that would normally be con‐
47 verted; that is, the input PostScript as modified by epstopdf.
48 --[no]hires
50 scan HiresBoundingBox (default: off).
51 --gscmd=val
53 pipe output to val (default: [gswin32c on Windows, else gs])
54 --res=dpi
56 set image resolution (default: [use gs default])
57 --autorotate=val
59 set AutoRotatePages (default: None); recognized val choices:
60 None, All, PageByPage. For EPS files, PageByPage is equivalent
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62 --restricted=val
64 turn on restricted mode (default: [on for repstopdf, else off]);
65 this forbids the use of --gscmd and imposes restrictions on the
66 input and output file names according to the values of
67 openin_any and openout_any (see the Web2c manual,
68 http://tug.org/web2c).
69 --help display help message and exit
71 --version
73 display version information and exit
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76 Examples which produce "test.pdf":
77 epstopdf test.eps
78 produce postscript | epstopdf --filter >test.pdf
79 produce postscript | epstopdf -f -d -o=test.pdf
80 Example: look for HiresBoundingBox and produce corrected PostScript:
81 epstopdf -d --nogs --hires test.ps >testcorr.ps
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84 The case of "%%BoundingBox: (atend)" when input is not seekable (e.g.,
85 from a pipe) is not supported.
86 Report bugs in the program or this man page to tex-k@tug.org. When
88 reporting bugs, please include an input file and the command line
89 options specified, so the problem can be reproduced.
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92 gs(1), pdfcrop(1).
93 The epstopdf LaTeX package, part of the oberdiek bundle, which auto‐
95 mates running this script on the fly under TeX:
96 http://ctan.org/pkg/epstopdf-pkg.
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99 The script was originally written by Sebastian Rahtz, for Elsevier Sci‐
100 ence, with subsequent contributions from Thomas Esser, Gerben Wierda
101 and many others. Currently maintained by Karl Berry.
102 Man page originally written by Jim Van Zandt.
104 epstopdf home page: http://tug.org/epstopdf.
106 You may freely use, modify and/or distribute this file.
108 18 March 2010 EPSTOPDF(1)