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Questions tagged [postscript]

{postscript} concerns the PostScript page description language that forms the base for PS, EPS and PDF formats common to (La)TeX

Postscript is a page description language originally developed by John Warnock and Charles Geschke as an interpreter for three-dimensional graphics. They formed Adobe Systems. Postscript was later implemented in the Apple LaserWriters and became a standard for laser printers. PDF () was derived from PostScript and has become the standard for electronic documents.

For LaTeX users, PostScript is a natural way to output documents, either in PS-format using drivers such as dvips () or as PDF using pdfLateX (). Another important aspect of Postscript is the PSTricks package () which allows advanced drawing capabilities in LaTeX.

It is not possible to run your PSTricks based LaTeX files with pdfTeX () or pdfLateX ([tag:pdflatex}), instead XeLaTeX () must be used or the basic sequence LaTeX -> dvips -> ps2pdf (see the PSTricks web page for details).

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Why do people still use Postscript?

I submitted a journal paper this morning, and they asked me to include a PDF file, which I expected, and a Postscript (PS) file. Generating the PS file proved more difficult, because some of my LaTeX commands, which I always compiled with pdflatex,…
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Are postscript printers necessary for printing large pdfs compiled from LaTeX files?

I am shopping for a new printer for my office, and I have become aware that some printers have postscript drivers whereas others do not. For instance, this printer that I'm considering…
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Drawing lines between arbitrary words on a page

I try to get rid of tree-dvips and look for a way to do the following: Circle an arbitrary word on the page and draw an arrow from some other position at the page towards this circled word. In tree-dvips one can just simply declare a word a node and…
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Forcing latex to handle home-made .ps files in an intelligent way

I write papers in latex and write figures as PostScript programs. (The latter is not as crazy as it sounds, but that's a topic for elsewhere.) My question is about the most intelligent way to get LaTeX to incorporate my homemade .ps pictures. …
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Why is my \special{ps: ...} not getting the dimensions correct?

Trying things out without relying on pstricks to see if I can write my own postscript code embedded within a LaTeX document. \documentclass{article} \begin{document} Hello world! \special{ps: /inch { 72 mul } def gsave 0 0 1…
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Are .vf-files really needed in LaTeX in order to use PostScript Type 1 fonts?

I have adapted several PS Type 1 fonts for use with TeXLive. What I found out, is that only three types of font-files are needed, which are a .map-file, .tfm-files and .pfb-files. However, at…
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convert \special to PS/PDF file

I have a TeX file containing only one large \special{...} command, supposedly containing PostScript code. \special{!userdict begin % DSB: start-hook to etna-start-hook /etna-start-hook{gsave 80 780 translate /Times-Bold findfont 7 scalefont…
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Why Latex compiler seems to be bound to PostScript?

I am considering the following facts about the latex compiler: It only takes PostScript (PS) or Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files as image input; It produces only DVI files as output, which can be converted in PS file; It understand only T1 type…
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how can i convert postscript files (ps) to pdf with hyperref

URGENT * ps (postscript) file to pdf document with hyperref and without hyperref can any one help me to find good tool to convert ps to pdf with hyperref. i wants my files (ps) to be converted as pdf file with hyperref Im using winedt 8.0 now ,…
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