Re: Displaying eps images with Apache FOP 0.93

Hi,

converting .eps to .pdf will allow you to retain the vectorized form
instead of bitmap with gif or jgp

Camille.

Iskren Pushkarov wrote:
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>  Hi all,
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> I’m trying from a while to display some eps images in a pdf book, but
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> actually what happens is only like embedding them – it appears a blank space
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> with different dimensions, where the images are supposed to be.
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> And then I read this
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> http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/0.93/graphics.html#eps
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>     *EPS*
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> FOP provides support for two output targets:
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>     * PostScript (full support).
>     * PDF (partial support). Due to the lack of a built-in PostScript
>       interpreter, FOP can only embed the EPS file into the PDF. Acrobat
>       Reader will not currently display the EPS (it doesn't have a
>       PostScript interpreter, either) but it will be shown correctly
>       when you print the PDF on a PostScript-capable printer. PostScript
>       devices (including GhostScript) will render the EPS correctly.
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> Other output targets can't be supported at the moment because FOP lacks
> a PostScript interpreter. Furthermore, FOP is not able to parse the
> preview bitmaps sometimes contained in EPS files.
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> So, it’s not possible to achieve what I’m trying, regarding to above
> mentioned. Am I right ?
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> As a workaround the only one I  got in mind is to convert eps images to
> gif, jpg.
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> I will appreciate any suggestions, comments, help on the topic.
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> Thanks in advance.
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