Omni Systems, Inc.   Mif2Go User's Guide, Version 55


31.2.2.3.1 Deciding how to treat EPS graphics

Export embedded EPS

If EPS graphics are embedded in your FrameMaker document, by default Mif2Go exports the graphics to create external .eps files. You can run the conversion once to export the EPS graphics, convert the graphics to another format outside of Mif2Go, then run the conversion again, this time directing Mif2Go to use the already converted external files. In the final conversion output, Mif2Go can replace references to the EPS graphics with references to the matching files; see §31.2.2.3.4 Replacing EPS graphics.

Export EPS preview

Another alternative is to use the FrameMaker graphic export filters (see §31.2.5 Converting graphics with FrameMaker export filters). These filters do a terrible job because they start off with the low-quality preview and go downhill from there; the EPS preview is meant only for identification of the graphic, not for actual use.

Convert using third-party tool

For higher quality, you can use a third-party graphics tool (see §5.7.2.3 Using third-party graphics converters), and convert external EPS files (either referenced graphics or embedded graphics exported by Mif2Go from your document) to matching RTF- or HTML-compatible graphics:

However, most graphics tools convert only the preview image. To make a better rendering from the PostScript part, you need a converter that can interpret PostScript. You could use GhostScript, which is a free PostScript interpreter:

http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/

with the free converter ImageMagick:

http://www.imagemagick.org/

Use EPS files as is for Word

For print RTF, as an alternative you could set [Graphics]EpsiUsage=Retain (see §31.2.2.3.5 Referencing EPS graphics in Word), and keep the EPS files with the RTF output until Word loads the RTF file; then Word will import the EPS image itself. Unfortunately, this method does not preserve the FrameMaker scaling. Unless the original EPS file was imported into Frame Maker at 100% scale, you will have to change the size in Word after loading the RTF produced by Mif2Go. You will still see only the ugly preview on screen, but the graphic will print nicely—at least on a PostScript printer. For more information, see §31.6 Converting graphics with Microsoft Word filters.