PSTOEPSI(1)

✨ PSTOEPSI 💅

okay bestie, gather round, because pstoepsi is here to convert PostScript into encapsulated PostScript with a bitmap, and honestly? it's giving glow-up. 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pstoepsi [-gs|-news] [-strip] [-2x] [-noprev] [-debug] file.ps file.epsi

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

pstoepsi will convert an arbitrary PostScript image into an encapsulated PostScript image with a bitmap. and like… why do we care? because that's the format that's suitable for incorporation into FrameMaker, LaTeX, troff, etc. no cap. it's the friend that gets along with everybody. 🫶

⚠️ ok important heads-up: note in the USAGE line, the source PostScript file must end in a .ps extention. and like, that's a GhostScript requirement, not mine… 🙈 (yes we're spelling it "extention", that's literally what the page says, we don't gatekeep the original's spelling 💀)

also real talk, this manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. so like, we made one. you're welcome. 💅

✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -gs — use ghostscript to convert to EPSI. the classic route, lowkey the default vibe 👑
• -news — use Sun's X/NeWS (OpenWindows) to convert to EPSI. very 2002 of you, and we respect it ⭐
• -strip — strip all %% directives from the source file. genuinely useful when you're dealing with Adobe Illustrator and others who use directives incompatible with this convention. (they're messy fr fr 😭)
• -2x — use 2X resolution. more pixels, more main character energy 🔥
• -noprev — do not include the preview bitmap. if you don't want the little sneak peek, this is your moment 🙈
• -debug — print debugging information. for when you simply must know what's going on in there 💀

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• tgif(1)
• gs(1)

👑 AUTHORS 👑

Doug Crabill <dgc@cs.purdue.edu> and William C. Cheng <bill.cheng@acm.org>. 💖

This manual page was written by Jim Van Zandt <jrv@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). sharing is caring, bestie 🫶

and that's the whole page, periodt. 🎀 this icon was born January 28, 2002, it lives in the General Commands Manual, and it ate. no crumbs. 💅✨