Re: dvipdfm fails to convert .eps images

The default dvipdfmx.cfg contains:

%% Use MiKTeX Ghostscript:
D  "mgs.exe -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sPAPERSIZE=a0 -sDEVICE=pdfwrite 
-dCompatibilityLevel=1.3 -dAutoFilterGrayImages=false 
-dGrayImageFilter=/FlateEncode -dAutoFilterColorImages=false 
-dColorImageFilter=/FlateEncode -dUseFlateCompression=true 
-sOutputFile=\"%o\" \"%i\" -c quit"

This works "manually" specifying %o and %i -- but within dvipdfm results in 
an error message
** WARNING ** Filtering file via command -->mgs.exe -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH 
-sPAPER
SIZE=a0 -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=1.3 -dAutoFilterGrayImages=false
-dGrayImageFilter=/FlateEncode -dAutoFilterColorImages=false 
-dColorImageFilter=
/FlateEncode -dUseFlateCompression=true 
-sOutputFile="C:/Users/jlewis/AppData/Lo
cal/Temp/mik63C2.tmp" "C:/docs/jlewis/math165/maple/165avgprofit1.eps" -c 
quit<-
- failed.
** WARNING ** Image format conversion for 
"C:/docs/jlewis/math165/maple/165avgpr
ofit1.eps" failed...
** WARNING ** pdf: image inclusion failed for "./maple/165avgprofit1.eps".
** WARNING ** Failed to read image file: ./maple/165avgprofit1.eps
** WARNING ** Interpreting special command PSfile (ps:) failed.
** WARNING ** >> at page="1" position="(198, 299.56)" (in PDF)
** WARNING ** >> xxx "PSfile=./maple/165avgprofit1.eps llx=20 lly=118 
urx=575 ur
y=673"

A HACKED SOLUTION:

The only thing which I could get to work within dvipdfm was

%% ImageMagick:
%% Easiest way to support various file formats.
%D  "convert %i epdf:%o"
D  "c:/ImageMagick-6.7.1-2/convert.exe %i epdf:%o"

Also works:
D  "c:/ImageMagick-6.7.1-2/convert.exe \"%i\" epdf:\"%o\""

Full path is necessary to avoid conflict with Windows "convert"

Also works:
D  "\"c:\\ImageMagick-6.7.1-2\\convert.exe\" \"%i\" epdf:\"%o\""


I also tried ps2pdf14 with no success:

D "ps2pdf14  %i %o "
and
D "ps2pdf14 \"%i\" \"%o\" "



I think this a "bug" and, if so, the smart people who maintain MiKTeX will 
find a way to use divpdfm within MiKTeX without installing ImageMagick.


Prof. Jeff E. Lewis
Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus
Honors College Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Emeritus
Tel: Office: +1-312-413-9586, Home (preferred): +1-312-421-4394, TrustFax: 
+1-866-571-9921
e-mail: [email protected]
http://www.math.uic.edu/~lewis/


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