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- From: johnm@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU (John Paul Mazzocchi)
- Newsgroups: aus.mac
- Subject: Re: import EPSF format?
- Date: 24 Dec 1992 13:28:49 +1100
- Organization: University of Melbourne
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- smart@wanda.mel.dit.CSIRO.AU (Robert Smart) writes:
-
- >I have some encapsulated postscript in a unix file -- just text.
-
- >I can ftp it in text mode to a Mac.
-
- I'd also try ftping it in binary mode, but this is unlikely to be the problem;
- worth a shot though.
-
- >I have a program (MORE 3.1) which knows how to import EPSF format.
- >I guess this is encapsulated postscript. However when I set the
- >file TYPE in the import menu to EPSF it can't see my text files
- >with encapsulated postscript in them.
-
- Many programs expect your EPSF file to have a bitmap image header. Try
- ftping in binary and then set the file type (using ResEdit or similar) to
- EPSF.
-
- >Clearly I need to do something to turn the file into the format
- >the Mac expects for an EPSF file.
-
- >Any assistance would be appreciated.
-
- >Bob Smart
-