[R] Postscript files graphic quality and other problems

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 13-04-14 1:11 PM, Mario José wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I try to save graphic as eps file, but I have probles with quality. My
> graphics as pdf file is ok. The quality is very good. But when I save as
> eps the quality is very poor.

How are you determining this?  The quality looks similar to me.

> I try convert pdf to eps file using others programs like adobe acrobat
> and the quality of eps is like pdf (file is larger than). I try lot of
> recommendation found in google and others lists.
>
> I used:
>
> postscript("test.eps",onefile=FALSE,horizontal=FALSE,width=14,height=7)
>
> plot(1:10, 1:10)
>
> dev.off()
>
> How can I improve the quality of graphic?
>
> I have other problem too. When I save my graphic with code above, I can
> import to other programs like Word without problem. But, when I change
> symbols with pch parameter, the importation have problems.

This sounds like a problem with Word.  Are you judging the quality by 
how it shows up in Word?  That would also be a problem with Word's 
importing, I think.

Duncan Murdoch

>
> postscript("test.eps",onefile=FALSE,horizontal=FALSE,width=14,height=7)
>
> plot(1:10, 1:10, pch=3)
>
> dev.off()
>
> The graphic imported is not showed.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Mario
>
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