Inclusion of Colored BMP Figures

[Ganz, Frank, SV USA]

Oguzhan,

Did you try \usepackage[dvi2ps]{graphicx}?

If this doesn't give you an error, you don't need to learn how to use dvipsone.

Thanks,
Frank

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Oguzhan Cifdaloz [mailto:Oguzhan.Cifdaloz at ASU.EDU]
>Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 12:22 PM
>To: YANDYTEX at LISTS.UCC.IE
>Subject: Re: Inclusion of Colored BMP Figures
>
>
>Frank,
>I've never used dvipsone as my PostScript driver, how should I do it?
>Thank you very much for your help.
>Oguzhan
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ganz, Frank, SV USA" <Frank.Ganz at SPRINGER-SBM.COM>
>To: <YANDYTEX at LISTS.UCC.IE>
>Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 6:12 AM
>Subject: Re: Inclusion of Colored BMP Figures
>
>
>> Hi Oguzhan,
>>
>> You have written
>>
>>  \usepackage[dvipsone]{graphicx}
>>
>> suggesting that you are targeting dvipsone as you PostScript
>driver. Yet
>you are not using dvipsone, but dvi2ps instead.
>>
>> Either use dvipsone to produce the PostScript or write
>>
>>  \usepackage[dvi2ps]{graphicx}
>>
>> Handling of graphics is always driver-dependent. I don't
>know, though, if
>dvi2ps is an option to the graphicx package.
>>
>> On another note, if you are writing something to be given to
>a publisher,
>I just want to point out that BMP is an undesired graphics interchange
>format.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Frank
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Oguzhan Cifdaloz [mailto:Oguzhan.Cifdaloz at ASU.EDU]
>> >Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 3:01 AM
>> >To: YANDYTEX at LISTS.UCC.IE
>> >Subject: Inclusion of Colored BMP Figures
>> >
>> >
>> >HI,
>> >I have a little problem with including color bmp files in my
>> >tex document.
>> >In the dvi, the picture looks in color. I convert it to ps
>via dvi2ps
>> >button and it appears in black and white in the ps
>file.(Hence, my pdf
>> >includes a black and white figure.)Please include any
>colored bmp file
>> >using my code below. I'd greatly appreciate any help on this.
>> >
>> >Thank you,
>> >
>> >%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>> >%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>> >
>> >\documentclass{book}
>> >\usepackage[dvipsone]{graphicx}
>> >
>> >% ****** Definition for BMP Inclusion *****************
>> >
>> >\newdimen\dwidth
>> >\newdimen\dheight
>> >
>> >\def\showbmp#1#2#3{%
>> >\dwidth=3D#2\dheight=3D#3
>> >\edef\width{\number\dwidth} \edef\height{\number\dheight}%
>> >\special{insertimage: #1 \width \space \height}}
>> >
>> >\def\centerbmp#1#2#3{\vskip#2\relax\centerline{\hbox%
>> >to#1{\showbmp{#3}{#1}{#2}\hfil}}}
>> >% *****************************************************
>> >
>> >\begin{document}
>> >
>> >Note that the figure appears in color in the dvi.
>> >\begin{figure}[h]
>> > \centerbmp{1.0in}{1.0in}{figure1.bmp}
>> > \caption{STEP Response}
>> >\end{figure}
>> >
>> >\noindent Convert the dvi to ps using the dvi2ps button, and
>> >distill it =
>> >using Adobe
>> >Distiller. The figure appears in black and white in the
>resulting pdf.
>> >
>> >\end{document}
>> >
>> >%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>> >%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>> >
>>
>