Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ EPS File is not included

[latexuser1310]

Hi,

I use MikTeX to create a PS file but I am not able to include the EPS file "fig-test.eps".

The resulting PS does not contain the figure. What can I do?

Example is attached.

[kaiserkarl13]

The following sequence worked for me:

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latex fig-incl.tex
latex fig-incl.tex
dvips fig-incl.dvi

If you post the PostScript (.ps) file, we might be able to tell whether it's your PostScript file or your PostScript viewer that is the problem.

[latexuser1310]

OK, thank you for your answer.

The PS file is attached.

btw: I have Windows XP, SP3, MikTex 2.9, Ghostscript 9.02 and GSview 4.9.

[kaiserkarl13]

There seems to be something wrong with the original EPS file. For example, the numbers don't seem to be of proper scale, and they overlap the axes. I dismissed this the first time because it seemed to work otherwise, but now I think the original EPS file is corrupt.

If you run eps2eps on it, you get a blank image. If you run epstopdf on it, you get a blank image. I also get error messages about the resulting PDF or EPS file, so it's definitely not converting properly.

Perhaps this is "garbage in, garbage out"?

[latexuser1310]

OK, thanks for your answer.

I created the EPS file in the following way:

- run gnuplot with epslatex terminal
- run the resulting latex file to get a PS
- convert this PS with GSview to EPS

[localghost]

OK, thanks for your answer.

I created the EPS file in the following way:

- run gnuplot with epslatex terminal
- run the resulting latex file to get a PS
- convert this PS with GSview to EPS

Why don't you just use the »postscript« terminal of Gnuplot with its option(s) »eps enhanced«? A better way would be to use gnuplottex if you insist on doing your plots with Gnuplot. This package lets you control the Gnuplot scripts from inside your document.

If you are looking for consistency regarding the fonts in your diagrams, then a much smarter way would be to let packages like pgfplots (based on pgf/tikZ) or pst-plot (based on PSTricks) do the job.


Thorsten

[latexuser1310]

Thanks localghost for your answer.

I have finally found a solution:

Open the EPS file with gsview, click on "Edit -> Convert to vector format" (needs pstoedit), select PDF with the option "Draw text as polygons" and save the file as a PDF. Start Inkscape and import the PDF file. Save it as EPS again.

[shadgrind]

I created the EPS file in the following way:

- run gnuplot with epslatex terminal
- run the resulting latex file to get a PS
- convert this PS with GSview to EPS

That's not the way you're supposed to use files created for the epslatex terminal in gnuplot.

When you use the epslatex terminal, two files get created: a latex file and an eps file. For example, myfile.tex and myfile.eps. You then include that latex file in your document using \input:

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\input{myfile}

The myfile.tex file tells LaTeX to use the myfile.eps file created by gnuplot; you don't have to create that eps file because gnuplot already created it for you.