On Monday 05 November 2007 5:25:48 pm william ratcliff wrote: > ftp://ftp.ncnr.nist.gov/pub > > fig3b.ps > > Is what I generated, using savefig. Does this generate postscript, or > eps output? If I changed the extension in savefig to, ".eps" would it > generate an eps file?
.ps is postscript, .eps is encapsulated postscript. Yes, you need to specify .eps if you want an eps file. > On Nov 5, 2007 4:31 PM, Darren Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Monday 05 November 2007 3:48:11 pm william ratcliff wrote: > > > Hi! I hope I have what is a simple question: > > > > > > I recently created a figure using pylab and saved it using: > > > pylab.savefig(r'c:\fig3b.pdf',dpi=150) > > > and it worked great. I made the same figure with a .png ending and it > > > also worked well. > > > > > > However, when I tried to make an eps file for use with latex and > > > publishing, I found: > > > using gsview: > > > > > > DSC Error at line 527 > > > %%Page: 11 > > > This %%Page:line occured in the trailer, which is not legal. > > > EPS files should be encapsulated in %%BeginDocument/ %%EndDocument > > > It is possible that an EPS file was incorrectly encapsulated and that > > > we have been cofused by the %%Trailer in an EPS file > > > > > > If I ignore all DSC, then I see a figure with noticeable gridding > > > across it. However, if I use distiller to convert it to a PDF file, > > > it appears fine. > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > William > > > (the files are rather large, but are available at: > > > ftp://ftp.ncnr.nist.gov/pub/ > > > as fig3b.ps, fig3b.pdf, fig3b.png) > > > > Where is the eps file? > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Matplotlib-users mailing list > > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users -- Darren S. Dale, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
