Re: dvipdfm fails to convert .eps images

On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Jeff E. Lewis <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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"

ghostscript may require -dNOSAFER:

<http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/13359/xelatex-compilation-of-pstricks-fails>

> 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
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>
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