PS Files

These are some examples of PS (PostScript) files.

PS files are:

• ASCII
• Color or BW
• 2D
• No compression
• multiple images (pages)

Reference:

Adobe Systems,
PostScript Language Reference Manual,
Third Edition, Addison Wesley, 1999,
available online in PDF form.

Programs to create a PS file include:

• DVIPS can convert a TeX DVI file into PS form;
• Explorer can convert an HTML file into PS form;
• Gnuplot, which creates graphics images, can save such an image as a PS file;
• MATLAB, which can plot mathematical functions or data, can save an image as a PS file;
• Netscape can convert an HTML file into PS form;

Programs to view a PS file include:

• The AVS module read_any_image can read a PS file.
• GhostScript
• GhostView
• MacGSView is a Macintosh version of GhostView.

Programs to convert a PS file to another format:

• GhostScript converts a PS file to BMP/JPG/PDF/PNG/TIFF.
• The GhostScript command ps2pdf converts a PS file to PDF format.
• pstopnm converts a PS file to PNM format.
• pstotext can create an ASCII file of the text in a PS file.

Programs to convert another format to PS format:

• dvi2ps converts a TeX DVI file to PS.
• The GhostScript command pdf2ps converts a PDF file to PS.
• Netscape can save a displayed GIF, HTML or JPEG file as a PS file.
• XV can save a displayed file as a PS file.

Files you may copy:

• bell_206.ps, a helicopter (sideways);
• cells.ps;
• collaps1.ps;
• collaps2.ps;
• cregion.ps;
• frieze.ps;
• missed.ps;
• pattern.ps;
• region.ps;
• steps.ps;

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