[tex-live] images in PS output

[Giuseppe Greco]

Thomas,

Thank you very much!

Have a nice week end.

Gius_.

On Fri, 2003-02-21 at 23:34, Thomas Esser wrote:
> > understand why it doesn't work without one of
> > these options since the preamble of my tex
> > file starts with
> > 
> > \documentclass[a4paper]{article}
> 
> dvips puts only very little information about a4 paper into the ps output.
> The default papersize definition in config.ps is:
> 
>   @ A4size 210mm 297mm
>   @+ %%PaperSize: A4
> 
> This is to give the best possible compatibility for the ps output that is
> generated.
> 
> By passing -t a4, you get the following definition:
>   @ a4 210mm 297mm
>   @+ ! %%DocumentPaperSizes: a4
>   @+ %%BeginPaperSize: a4
>   @+ a4
>   @+ %%EndPaperSize
> 
> This way, dvips puts enough information into the output, so that gs can
> get the ps->pdf conversion right. You can make this a4 definition the
> default, by rearranging the order in dvips's config.ps (or by executing
> the command "texconfig dvips paper a4").
> 
> I does not matter much what you say in your (La)TeX file. Maybe, there
> are possibilities to pass things to dvips via \special commands, but
> the papersize definitions are the usual way to do this.
> 
> Thomas
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