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How to produce EPS instead of PS using latex.exe followed by dvips?

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    You are again constructing an overly long question. Moreover, I think that you use too many too large pictures (not only in this post). Please keep in mind that this is not a support center. – Hendrik Vogt Dec 29 '10 at 08:22
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    @Hendrik: I have modified my questions. – Display Name Jul 09 '11 at 14:44

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use instead the command 

dvips -E  file.dvi -o temp.eps
epstool --copy --bbox temp.eps file.eps
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  • I cannot understand why you need eps output at all. However, I installed TeXniccenter and run an example without any problem. Your screenshot shows that you have no correct bounding box values in the eps. This often happens when dvips cannot detect correct values from the code. Running epstool can help: epstool --copy --bbox file.eps file2.eps it creates correct bounding box values. –  Dec 29 '10 at 08:50
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    no, using the package auto-pst-pdf to create pdf images is the better way. With the option off one can supress the creating of new pdfs when they are already present. –  Dec 29 '10 at 09:01
  • I am using pdfcrop nearly everyday and more than 5000 (!) images were created well ... –  Dec 29 '10 at 09:30
  • auto-pst-pdf cannot detect changes in a single \pspicture. It means if the PDFs already exist, any changes in \pspicture will be ignored. – Display Name Jul 09 '11 at 17:43
  • The image is always created new! –  Jul 09 '11 at 19:39
  • @Hebert: When I pass off option to auto-pst-pdf and PDF images are already created previously, are all PDF images re-created when I just modify one \pspicture? If all PDF images are re-created because of changes in one \pspicture, it will be a time consuming workflow. :-) – Display Name Jul 10 '11 at 04:25
  • In other words, the current auto-pst-pdf does not compare the time stamps of \pspicture block and its corresponding PDF output so it cannot make partial updates just for any modified \pspicture blocks. – Display Name Jul 10 '11 at 08:32