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- From: chuan@stein.u.washington.edu (Chuan Lee)
- Subject: Re: FrameMaker 2.0 PS graphics --> LaTeX
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.071456.657@u.washington.edu>
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- Sender: chuan@stein.u.washington.edu
- Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 07:14:56 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov16.234112.7407@news.columbia.edu> gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare) writes:
- >
- >While my site has the proper setup with \psfig and ``dvips'' for
- >importing PostScript files into a LaTeX document, I seem to be having
- >problems with the BoundingBox spec required in the .PS file. My
- >figures are generated from a seperate site via FrameMaker 2.0 (an
- >older version) and two sample files contain the information:
- >
- >*: grep -e BoundingBox *.ps
- >
- >blocks.ps:%%BoundingBox: (atend)
- >blocks.ps:%%BoundingBox: 0 0 612 792
- >fig2-1.ps:%%BoundingBox: (atend)
- >fig2-1.ps:%%BoundingBox: 0 0 612 792
- >
- >The coordingates "0 0 612 792" seem to be hardcoded and appended to
- >the end of the .PS files, rather than actually specifying the (x,y)
- >coordinates of the lower left and upper right corners of BoundingBox.
- >Could any LaTeX/TeX users relying on FrameMaker 2.0 please tell me how
- >to get the program to set BoundingBox, or how I can fudge this with
- >the bblx, bbllx, bblly, bburx and bbury fields of \psfig? (i.e.,
- >how are these measured? what units? where is (0,0)?)
-
- The parameters look okay to me. I have been successfully using PS
- files generated from FrameMaker on my LaTeX document, with the help of
- PSFIG and DVIPS packages, of course. If you divide the numbers by 72,
- you would find out the bbox actually specifies a 8.5" x 11" paper
- size, i.e. 72pt = 1". The figures usually appear too low with the
- original setting. So I modify the setting to "raise" the bbox by
- 1.5--2" (BTW, my figures are 2" above the lower edge), as
-
- %%BoundingBox: 108 144 612 792
-
- I use GhostScript to preview it before printing the doc out. It works
- like a charm.
-
- Oh, did I miss your question? I think you got the bbox problem
- because you don't have the right PSFIG package. Otherwise, your DVI
- file will not incorporate the PS files correctly, and the subsequent
- DVIPS can't do much with an already "incomplete" DVI file.
-
- Chuan Lee
-