[texhax] Insert images .eps/.png

[Reinhard Kotucha]

On 2011-12-16 at 16:42:33 -0300, Darío Salvador Licata Caruso wrote:

 > Hi list, i have a problem when i want to insert images generated by
 > OCTAVE with next comand:
 > 
 > in the console OCTAVE:
 > octave:NN>print -deps espectro.eps

[...]

 > !pdfTeX error: pdflatex [...]

[...]

 > Non-PDF special ignored!


You are obviously using pdflatex.  Then try
  
  print -dpdf espectro.pdf

in order to create PDF directly, which is supported by pdflatex.
Works like a charm for me.

If you want to produce both, DVI and PDF (i.e. run latex and
pdflatex), then create both, EPS and PDF

  print -deps espectro.eps
  print -dpdf espectro.pdf

and remove the driver options from \usepackage.  Replace

  \usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}
  \usepackage[pdftex]{color}

by

  \usepackage{graphicx}
  \usepackage{color}

as suggested by Heiko already.

Just for interest, who or what made you believe that you have to
specify a driver explicitly?  A book?  An online manual?  I'm
wondering because automatic driver selection (almost) predates the
Imperium Romanum.  I'm wondering why so many people go the most
inconvenient way.

Regards,
  Reinhard


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