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From: Helge Blischke <H.Blischke@srz-berlin.de>
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Chuck Packard wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Great library ! I am using it to produce TIFF images of MATLAB graphics
> at 300 dpi. The marketing guys just love this stuff. Makes for eye
> catching collateral!
> 
> Well, I of course did not write without a question. Or maybe it is an
> enhancement request. I want to also use libtiff to output a TIFF preview
> for an EPS file. ...
> 

> 
> Thanks,
> Chuck Packard                             Tel: 508.647.7311
> The MathWorks, Inc.                       Fax: 508.647.7002
> cpackard@mathworks.com                    WWW: www.mathworks.com
> ...

Well, if you are interested, you cat get an old (1992) program
(as source, as is) which build a DOS epsf file from two 
separate files (an eps file without preview and a preview tiff
file) which conforms to the Adobe specs for DOS epsf (see red book).

Helge Blischke
