[tex-live] dvipdfm fails to include .eps graphics file

[Lianqing Yu]

Thanks for you help George, I'd better upgrade to TL 2007.> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:57:43 -0300> From: gnwiii at gmail.com> To: lianqing.yu at hotmail.com> Subject: Re: dvipdfm fails to include .eps graphics file> CC: tex-live at tug.org> > On 6/11/07, Lianqing Yu <lianqing.yu at hotmail.com> wrote:> >> > > 1. does dvipdfm work if you use draft mode for graphics?> >> > > This shoudl give a pdf file with boxes outlining the places> > > where figures will appear.> >> > Yes, dvipdfm works in draft mode.> >> > > 2. can you convert the EPS to pdf using "eps2pdf ..."?> >> > > I think dvipdfm uses much the same conversion, so if this> > > fails, I would not exect dvipdfm to work.> >> > It's not "eps2pdf.exe", but "epstopdf.exe", which can convert an EPS to an> > PDF. I tried "epstopdf" using the "golfer.eps" and converted "golfer.pdf"> > looks right in Adobe Reader 7.0.> > You are right. You can check the pdf version using Adobe Reader or> pdfinfo (which might be in texlive or can be obtained from "xpdf", which> is available for Win32).> > > > 3. what does "epstool --test-eps ..." give?> >> > > Many files that have .eps extensions do not meet the> > > definition of a .eps file, including some created using> > > "name-brand" software. Most such files can be> > > converted to pdf and will work with pdflatex.> >> > There is no "epstool.exe" under the TexLive 2003 install directory, so I> > can't do this test.> > epstool is from ghostgum, so often gets installed with ghostscript. In any> case:> > http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/nonfree/support/ghostscript/ghostgum/> > has a WIndows version> > > > 4. does dvipdfm work using a "known good" .eps file> > > such as golfer.eps from the ghostscript examples> > > directory?> >> > > If you are still having trouble after all this, please> > > read <www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html>.> > > Note that the best way for us to see the problem is if you> > > can provide a minimal example (e.g., under a dozen lines> > > of latex and using an eps file that we already have, such> > > as go
lfer.eps). To save time, here is such an example:> >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------> > > \documentclass{article}> > > \usepackage[dvipdfm]{graphicx}> > > \begin{document}> > > Example using \texttt{golfer.eps} from GhostScript.> >> > > \[> > > \includegraphics[width=8cm]{golfer.eps}> > > \]> > > \end{document}> >> > I tried your example and below is the output:> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------> > D:\vision>latex t-eps> > This is e-TeXk, Version 3.141592-2.1 (Web2c 7.5.2)> > %&-line parsing enabled.> > (c:/Program Files/TeXLive/texmf/web2c/cp8bit.tcx)> > entering extended mode> > (./t-eps.tex> > LaTeX2e <2001/06/01>> > Babel <v3.7j> and hyphenation patterns for english, dumylang, nohyphenation,> > ba> > sque, czech, slovak, german, ngerman, spanish, catalan, french, ukenglish,> > ital> > ian, dutch, polish, portuguese, loaded.> > (c:/Program Files/TeXLive/texmf/tex/latex/base/article.cls> > Document Class: article 2001/04/21 v1.4e Standard LaTeX document class> > (c:/Program Files/TeXLive/texmf/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))> > (c:/Program> > Files/TeXLive/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/graphicx.sty> > (c:/Program> > Files/TeXLive/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/keyval.sty)> > (c:/Program> > Files/TeXLive/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/graphics.sty> > (c:/Program> > Files/TeXLive/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/trig.sty)> > (c:/Program> > Files/TeXLive/texmf/tex/latex/texlive/graphics.cfg)> > (c:/Program> > Files/TeXLive/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/dvipdfm.def)))> > (./t-eps.aux)> > <golfer.eps> [1] (./t-eps.aux) )> > Output written on t-eps.dvi (1 page, 384 bytes).> > Transcript written on t-eps.log.> >> > D:\vision>dvipdfm t-eps> > t-eps.dvi -> t-eps.pdf> > [1Warning: Couldn't open font map file fonts.map> > Warning: Couldn't open font map file fonts.map> > Configuration problem -- you should sort this out.> > > (./golfer.eps<PS>> > Version of PDF file (1.4) is newer than version limit specification.> > pdf_open: Not a PDF 1.[1-3] file> > Corrupt PDF file?> 
> Ignoring stream with with multiple segments> > )> > pdf: image inclusion failed for (golfer.eps).> > ]> > 14284 bytes written> > D:\vision>> > ------------------------------------------------------------> > I opened "t-eps.dvi" in "windvi.exe" and it looks right. What's problem?> > I should have mentioned that the early texlive 2003 was buggy, but that> many of the bugs were fixed in the version that was bundled with The> Latex Companion.> > My recollection is that dvipdfmx converts the .eps files to .pdf. It may be> that it is using a newer ghostscript for this and the default for the eps-->pdf> conversion tool has changed to 1.4 from 1.3. There may be a configuration> option to fix it. The log indicated that parts of the .pdf file were> ignored. It may> look OK, but there could be problems in other viewers that acroread silently> fixes.> > It may easier to upgrade to TL2007 than to fix the problems with pdf 1.4> and the missing fonts.map file. If you don't have the "TLC" update, then> you are almost surely better off upgrading to the current version.> > -- > George N. White III <aa056 at chebucto.ns.ca>> Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia
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