Interfacing DELTA with Ghostscript Delta has the capability to pipe EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) files to Ghostscript.

Ghostscript in turn can convert these files to a variety of outputs. Delta supports PDF, JPEG and TIFF as valid Ghostscript outputs. Obtain Ghostscript from http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ Install Ghostscript. Note the location it installs it to. Typically it will install to c:\ or c:\program files\gs Start up Delta. File -> Preferences. Click on the 3rd tab (Printer Icon). Scroll down to the entry called Ghostscript (Figure 1).

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Click on the blue folder icon to navigate to the location that Ghostscript was installed. In the is example it is installed under c:\gs (Figure 2). Select the folder gs in the top pane.

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There will be a sub-folder called gs<VERSION number> (Figure 3). In this example it is 8.14, but newer versions are available on the web site. Select this folder.

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Sub-folder bin, select this as shown in Figure 4.

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The bottom pane will display the files in the bin directory. Select gswin32.exe as shown in Figure 5. Followed by hitting the Apply and Close in order.

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The Preferences tool should update with the appropriate path Figure 6.

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Save and Close, shut Delta Down, restart Delta. From this point onwards when printing (assuming Plot pop-up is TRUE) additional output choices will be available Figure 7.

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Enter a filename, select the file type (EPS, PS, PDF, JPD or TIFF). Hit OK. The file will get saved to your local reports directory. Typically this is c:\Documents and Settings\<Username>\My documents\delta\reports Note 1: Do not set the DPI for JPG or TIFF greater than 300 otherwise a very large file will get generated. Note 2: EPS files can be manipulated using graphics editor programs such as Adobe Illustrator.