[Matplotlib-users] problems with eps files and pylab

[william r. <wil...@gm...>]

Hi! I hope I have what is a simple question:

I recently created a figure using pylab and saved it using:
pylab.savefig(r'c:\fig3b.pdf',dpi=150)
and it worked great.  I made the same figure with a .png ending and it
also worked well.

However, when I tried to make an eps file for use with latex and
publishing, I found:
using gsview:

DSC Error at line 527
%%Page: 11
This %%Page:line occured in the trailer, which is not legal.
EPS files should be encapsulated in %%BeginDocument/ %%EndDocument
It is possible that an EPS file was incorrectly encapsulated and that
we have been cofused by the %%Trailer in an EPS file

If I ignore all DSC, then I see a figure with noticeable gridding
across it.  However, if I use distiller to convert it to a PDF file,
it appears fine.
Any ideas?

Thanks,
William
(the files are rather large, but are available at:
ftp://ftp.ncnr.nist.gov/pub/
as fig3b.ps, fig3b.pdf, fig3b.png)