[comp.archives] [postscript...] Re: How to include Mac Postscript files to LaTeX

dhosek@hmcvax.claremont.edu (Hosek, Donald A.) (05/25/90)

Archive-name: laserprep/25-May-90
Original-posting-by: dhosek@hmcvax.claremont.edu (Hosek, Donald A.)
Original-subject: Re: How to include Mac Postscript files to LaTeX
Archive-site: ymir.claremont.edu [134.173.4.23]
Archive-directory: [anonymous.tex.documentation]
Reposted-by: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti)

In article <ROLFL.90May25121301@humanist.uio.no>, rolfl@humanist.uio.no (Rolf Lindgren) writes...
>try \psfig{figure=argle.ps,prolog=mac.pro}

>Point is that the PostScript file you've captured relies on predifined
>procedures that your laser printer doesn'nt know. These should be kept in a
>suitable prolog file.

>Rumor has it that such a prolog can be captured by hitting option-K rather that
>option-F.

>OzTeX (PD TeX for the Macintosh) is available by anonymous ftp from
>tank.uchicago.edu in the directory pub/sources/OzTeX/binary. Remember to use
>binary mode throughout. The documantation (which is excellent, as is the
>program) contains a detailed explanation of the problem.

on ymir.claremont.edu in the directory [anonymous.tex.documentation]
there is an article by Len Schwer explaining the problem at some
length and giving a good tutorial on the whole process of including
Mac graphics into a LaTeX document. That directory also contains two
files: LASERPREP68.POSTSCRIPT and LASERPREP65.POSTSCRIPT which are
edited versions of the Macintosh PS profile suitable for use in the
context of mac.pro above. (If somebody has done this with
LASERPREP70, please let me know and I'll toss it into the directory).

-dh

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