[OS X TeX] OS X, CS3 and dvips.

[Ben Buchler]

Seems like Illustrator in Adobe CS3 breaks some rule that causes  
dvips to get
confused and give the following message while processing graphics (in  
this
example the file "test2.eps"):

/### /usr/texbin/dvips -R -Poutline  -o
/tmp/altpdflatex.17833-1197330873/gem_dec07.ps gem_dec07.dvi This is  
dvips(k)
5.96 Copyright 2005 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com) ' TeX  
output
2007.12.11:1054' -> /tmp/altpdflatex.17833-1197330873/gem_dec07.ps
<tex.pro><texps.pro><special.pro>. <cmtt10.pfb><cmbx12.pfb><cmr8.pfb>
<cmti10.pfb><cmex10.pfb><cmsy8.pfb><cmsy10.pfb><cmmi8.pfb><cmmi10.pfb>
<cmbx10.pfb><cmr12.pfb><cmr17.pfb><cmr10.pfb>[1] [2] [3<test2.eps>
/usr/texbin/dvips: expected to see %%EndBinary at end of data;  
struggling on
/usr/texbin/dvips: expected to see %%EndBinary at end of data;  
struggling on
/usr/texbin/dvips: expected to see %%EndBinary at end of data;  
struggling on
/usr/texbin/dvips: expected to see %%EndBinary at end of data;  
struggling on
/usr/texbin/dvips: expected to see %%EndBinary at end of data;  
struggling on
/usr/texbin/dvips: expected to see %%EndBinary at end of data;  
struggling on
/usr/texbin/dvips: expected to see %%EndBinary at end of data;  
struggling on
/usr/texbin/dvips: expected to see %%EndBinary at end of data;  
struggling on
.........

Details:

System: Latest version of MacTeX (1/12/07) OS X 10.4.11. Macbook 2GHz.

Including graphics using:

\usepackage{graphicx}
.....

\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{figure.eps}


I have tried to do a study of what exactly causes the problem.  It  
seems to have
something to do with the handling of transparency.  In legacy AI  
formats where
transparency is discarded there seems to be no problem.  In order to  
get the
error, you need to have a file that includes some transparency, such  
as a drop
shadow.  I don't recall having this problem with illustrator 11  
(CS1). Saving
legacy formats with transparency doesn't seem to help however.

The problem doesn't seem to be fatal, the file processes with the  
error messages
and the output  appears to be OK.

Has anybody else seen this problem?

cheers,

ben
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