<html> <head> <style></style></head> <body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'> <span style="font-size: 10pt; ">>the output file is broken, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">including when viewed with Ghostscript; the images briefly show-up and </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">disappear.</span><div><div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">When you run pdftops, are you using the -eps option?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Images that briefly appear and disappear can be a symptom of embedding a PS instead of an EPS.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">PS files often use operators like </span>setpagedevice that cause the effect that you mentioned.</div><div><br></div><div>William</div><div><br></div></div></div> </div></body> </html>