[reportlab-users] Embedding EPS content.

Matej Pivoluska reportlab-users@reportlab.com
Mon, 1 Dec 2003 23:31:34 +0100


On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 10:02:46PM -0000, Andy Robinson wrote:
> Non-trivial.  EPS is a 'big' standard; you'd get a long way 
> with simple files by translating all the postscript
> operators to PDF ones ('moveto' -> 'm'), but since
> PS is a language and can define subroutines and PDF can't, 
> you need a Postscript interpreter to handle the general
> case.
> 
> You can do it by distilling the EPS with Acrobat
> and using our PageCatcher product.  If you can do it 
> without either I should consider hiring you :-)

I believe that ghostscript can do it for you. See epstopdf tool.


mP