Re: "image"-related exotic interoperability question

[Daniel J S. <dan...@ie...>]

Ethan Merritt wrote:

>I didn't see the original message, so I have no context for what
>you guys are talking about here.   My gut reaction is that anybody
>who wants a bitmap image should not be using PostScript in the
>first place. That's why we have a png driver.
>  
>

I like PNG, but sometimes one is forced to use PostScript, e.g., LaTeX.  
Another difference is that with PNG the whole plot is a bitmapped image, 
borders, fonts and all.  With EPS, it is just the image on the plot that 
is indexed; the fonts and lines all remain high res.

Dan