Section: User Commands (1)Updated: 18 March 2010Local indexUp
NAME
epstopdf, repstopdf - convert an EPS file to PDF
SYNOPSIS
epstopdf [options] [epsfile]
DESCRIPTION
epstopdf transforms the Encapsulated PostScript file epsfile
(or standard input) so that it is guaranteed to start at the 0,0
coordinate, and it sets a page size exactly corresponding to the
BoundingBox. This means that when Ghostscript renders it, the result
needs no cropping, and the PDF MediaBox is correct. By default, the
result is piped to Ghostscript and a PDF version written.
If the bounding box is not right, of course, there are problems.
OPTIONS
--outfile=file
write result to file. If this option is not given, and
--nogs or --filter is specified, write to standard output;
otherwise, the default is to construct the output file name by replacing
any extension in the input file with .pdf.
--[no]compress
use compression (default: on).
--[no]debug
write debugging info (default: off).
--[no]embed
embed fonts (default: on).
--[no]exact
scan ExactBoundingBox (default: off).
--[no]filter
read standard input and (unless --outfile is given) write standard
output(default: off).
--[no]gs
run Ghostscript (default: on).
--[no]hires
scan HiresBoundingBox (default: off).
--gscmd=val
pipe output to val (default: [gswin32c on Windows, else gs])
--res=dpi
set image resolution (default: [use gs default])
--autorotate=val
set AutoRotatePages (default: None); recognized val choices:
None, All, PageByPage. For EPS files, PageByPage is equivalent to All.
--restricted=val
turn on restricted mode (default: [on for repstopdf, else off]);
this forbids the use of --gscmd and imposes restrictions on the input and
output file names according to the values of openin_any and openout_any (see
the Web2c manual, http://tug.org/web2c).
--help
display help message and exit
--version
display version information and exit
EXAMPLES
Examples which produce "test.pdf":
epstopdf test.eps
produce postscript | epstopdf --filter >test.pdf
produce postscript | epstopdf -f -d -o=test.pdf
Example: look for HiresBoundingBox and produce corrected PostScript:
epstopdf -d --nogs --hires test.ps >testcorr.ps
BUGS
The case of "%%BoundingBox: (atend)" when input is not seekable (e.g.,
from a pipe) is not supported.
Report bugs in the program or this man page to tex-k@tug.org. When
reporting bugs, please include an input file and the command line
options specified, so the problem can be reproduced.
The epstopdf LaTeX package, part of the oberdiek bundle, which automates
running this script on the fly under TeX: http://ctan.org/pkg/epstopdf-pkg.
AUTHOR
The script was originally written by Sebastian Rahtz, for Elsevier
Science, with subsequent contributions from Thomas Esser, Gerben Wierda
and many others. Currently maintained by Karl Berry.