[OS X TeX] Fwd: Problems with altpdflatex on OS X

[Claus Gerhardt]

Without knowing, if this really helps, I would recommend to use my 
droplet dvipdf - which uses the option -Ppdf - and, if this is no cure, 
convert the eps files to pdf.

Claus

On 01.10.2004, at 12:19, Gerben Wierda wrote:

> People,
>
> 	altpdftex is nothing more than a tex-dvips-gs run combined. I have no 
> idea where the problem below comes from (though if the .eps files 
> contain vector graphics I suspect gs) and how to help this person. 
> Anybody has an idea how Martin should proceed?
>
> In the meantime, I'll direct him to this list for te more TeX-specific 
> knowledge.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gerben
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> Date: October 1, 2004 11:44:46 CEST
>> To: "iinstaller at rna.nl" <iinstaller at rna.nl>
>> Subject: Problems with altpdflatex on OS X
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am typesetting a .tex file using the system commands (unix) from 
>> MATLAB where I have produced a number of eps.files which have been 
>> placed in a .tex file. Each figure is placed on one page. When the 
>> figure content is very large it appears as altpdflatex is using a 
>> lower resolution (can there also be a fewer grayscales?) in the 
>> resulting pdf-file. What I need is to instruct altpdflatex to produce 
>> a pdf with 300 or 600 dots per inch no matter the size of the 
>> included .eps file. I urgently need a solution to this problem and 
>> hope that you can help me. I have found no information about this on 
>> the discussion groups.
>>
>> Best regards
>
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