[vox-tech] ps to eps (for the record)

[Jonathan Stickel]

keywords:  ps to eps, ps2eps, ps2epsi, convert


I've had an awful time trying to convert a complicated 1 page ps figure 
to eps.    Both Image Magick's "convert" and ghostscript's "gs:epswrite" 
produce a matrix graphic (not scalable), even if the original ps file 
contains vector graphic information (scalable).  BTW, ps2epsi appears to 
be broken and/or useless.

I found another program called ps2eps 
(http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/ps2eps/) which I thought for 
sure would do the job.  It didn't quite work either, although it will 
probably work with simpler ps files.

There are short guides on the web about how to manually edit a ps file 
to make it an eps.  This is an onerous task, and I was unsuccessful.

What I finally found to work was the drawing program Xfig.  Import the 
the ps file as a picture object into Xfig, using the original size. 
Save the Xfig "drawing".  Export as eps.  Delete the fig file.  It worked!

There may be other methods, but I couldn't find them.  Maybe this will 
be helpful to someone else, especially other Latex users.

Jonathan