Re: import of NCL's EPS output into Openoffice.org

On Apr 14, 2008, at 8:12 AM, Marcus Letzel wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> apparently Openoffice.org is unable to directly import NCL's EPS
> output (header starts with "%!PS-Adobe-2.0 EPSF-2.0") whereas it is
> able to import the newer EPS format (header starts with "%!PS-
> Adobe-3.0 EPSF-3.0"). I refer to "direct import" as "without the
> use of an external converter"; I'd be happy to avoid such an
> additional postprocessing step.
>
> Is there a way to tell NCL to produce 3.0 EPS files, or any chance
> NCL's EPS output format could be updated in a future NCL release?

What NCL produces is in fact PostScript Level 2. Level 3 should be
backward
compatible with level 2. Some printers will not yet accept Level 3
and that is why
we hesitate to flag our Postscript files at Level 3. It is my
opinion that any printer
or application that honors Level 3 should accept Level 2.

Fred Clare

>
> Kind regards,
> Marcus
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