and here the clean solution ... \documentclass{article} \usepackage{pst-eps,graphicx,epstopdf} \newcommand{\pssave}[2]{% \PSTtoEPS[% headerfile=pstricks.pro,% headers=all,% bbllx=-2,bblly=-2,bburx=2,bbury=2] {#1.eps}{#2}% } \parindent=0pt \begin{document} [...] Herbert