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 MediaBox 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 Hagen's texutil.