Bug 695451

Summary: Grouping is lost when converting to PDF
Product: Ghostscript Reporter: Leena <leenasn>
Component: PDF WriterAssignee: Ken Sharp <ken.sharp>
Status: RESOLVED INVALID    
Severity: normal    
Priority: P4    
Version: 9.14   
Hardware: PC   
OS: All   
Customer: Word Size: ---
Attachments: EPS file
Output PDF file created by Ghostscript.

Description Leena 2014-08-28 05:28:24 UTC
Created attachment 11134 [details]
EPS file

Hi,

When I convert EPS to PDF using ps2pdf or gs command, am losing the grouping which was present in EPS file. Is there anyway I can retain the same grouping?

I am attaching both original EPS file and gs generated PDF files for your reference.

Thanks,
Comment 1 Leena 2014-08-28 05:32:00 UTC
Created attachment 11135 [details]
Output PDF file created by Ghostscript.
Comment 2 Ken Sharp 2014-08-28 05:50:13 UTC
(In reply to Leena from comment #0)

> When I convert EPS to PDF using ps2pdf or gs command, am losing the grouping
> which was present in EPS file. Is there anyway I can retain the same
> grouping?

'Grouping' isn't a concept in either PostScript or PDF< can you explain more clearly what your perceived problem is ?
Comment 3 Leena 2014-08-28 05:54:29 UTC
I am referring to Group, Ungroup option available in Adobe Illustrator. Isn't that an option in PostScript in general?

(In reply to Ken Sharp from comment #2)
> (In reply to Leena from comment #0)
> 
> > When I convert EPS to PDF using ps2pdf or gs command, am losing the grouping
> > which was present in EPS file. Is there anyway I can retain the same
> > grouping?
> 
> 'Grouping' isn't a concept in either PostScript or PDF< can you explain more
> clearly what your perceived problem is ?
Comment 4 Ken Sharp 2014-08-28 05:57:54 UTC
(In reply to Leena from comment #3)
> I am referring to Group, Ungroup option available in Adobe Illustrator.
> Isn't that an option in PostScript in general?

No. Its a feature of Adobe Illustrator and relies either upon:

1) Features of the Illustrator file format
2) Specially crafted comments in PostScript
3) PDf files containing the original Illustrator file format.
Comment 5 Leena 2014-08-31 23:21:34 UTC
Just confirming to make sure that I understood correctly. Are you saying that the "grouping" can't be retained using gs command? 

(In reply to Ken Sharp from comment #4)
> (In reply to Leena from comment #3)
> > I am referring to Group, Ungroup option available in Adobe Illustrator.
> > Isn't that an option in PostScript in general?
> 
> No. Its a feature of Adobe Illustrator and relies either upon:
> 
> 1) Features of the Illustrator file format
> 2) Specially crafted comments in PostScript
> 3) PDf files containing the original Illustrator file format.
Comment 6 Ken Sharp 2014-09-01 00:20:03 UTC
(In reply to Leena from comment #5)
> Just confirming to make sure that I understood correctly. Are you saying
> that the "grouping" can't be retained using gs command? 

Yes.