[tex-k] dvips(k) 5.95a BoundingBox

[Akira Kakuto]

Hi Andrew,

> I'm getting an unexpected BoundingBox in dvips(k) 5.95a. The attached tex 
> file seems to be minimal. When I convert to eps via:
> 
> latex clip_err.tex
> dvips -f -o clip_err.ps clip_err.dvi
> ps2epsi clip_err.ps
> mv clip_err.epsi clip_err
> 
> dvips(k) 5.95a generates %%BoundingBox: 164 608 237 609
> 
> dvips(k) 5.92b generates %%BoundingBox: 128 572 273 717
> 
> (The latter is as expected.) I haven't checked carefully, but it looks as 
> though 5.95a catches characters, rules, and black ink while 5.92 finds all 
> non-white ink.

I think that is a feature of "ps2epsi":

dvips 5.96dev and ps2epsi gives
%%BoundingBox: 168 608 241 609

while
dvips 5.96dev and ps2eps (Ver. 1.61 by Roland Bless) gives
%%BoundingBox: 132 572 276 717

Best regards,
Akira