Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ pdflatex compiles but .jpg images do not appear

[EndlessImpasse]

Hello,

I am trying to compile a .tex file with a .jpg image to .pdf. I am using WinEdt with MiKTeX and viewing the .pdf file in Acrobat 9.2, running Windows 7. I include the graphics using the simple command:

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\begin{figure}[t]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=2.875in]{mainplot.jpg}
\label{fig:mainplot}
\end{figure}

I have a few graphics in .pdf format and a few in .jpg format. My preamble is as follows:

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\documentclass[twoside,11pt]{article}
\usepackage{epsfig}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{graphicx}

I click on the button for compiling .pdf, so WinEdt automatically runs pdflatex. It compiles fine. However, when I view the .pdf, the .pdf figures show up fine, whereas the .jpg figures are replaced by solid gray boxes. These solid gray boxes are of the size that I specified for the figures, so it seems like the compiler found them fine. However, I cannot see the figures themselves.

Has anybody ever had this problem with .jpg figures being displayed as gray boxes? Is there anything you could suggest to me?

Thanks,
EI

[frabjous]

Are you sure you're compiling directly with pdflatex, rather than with the latex > dvips > ps2pdf route? If the former, then you can't use eps figures, so I don't understand what the epsfig package is doing in your preamble (--it's made redundant by graphicx anyway if I'm not mistaken--). If the latter, then jpeg images won't work. (If you need to include eps figures, I'd convert them to PDF so you can compile directly with pdflatex.)

Also make sure you are not using the draft option.

[localghost]

I wonder why you include the (obsolete) epsfig package when you are going to have JPG and PNG images in your document.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten