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 Several options may be set in the `postscript` driver.

 Syntax:
       set terminal postscript {<mode>} {enhanced | noenhanced}
                               {color | monochrome} {solid | dashed}
                               {<duplexing>}
                               {"<fontname>"} {<fontsize>}

 where <mode> is `landscape`, `portrait`, `eps` or `default`;
 `solid` (Note: solid ) draws all plots with solid lines, overriding any
 dashed patterns; <duplexing> is `defaultplex`, `simplex` or `duplex`
 ("duplexing" in PostScript is the ability of the printer to print on both
 sides of the same page---don't set this if your printer can't do it);
 `enhanced` activates the "enhanced PostScript" features (subscripts,
 superscripts and mixed fonts); `"<fontname>"` is the name of a valid
 PostScript font; and `<fontsize>` is the size of the font in PostScript
 points.

 `default` mode sets all options to their defaults: `landscape`, `monochrome`,
 `dashed`, `defaultplex`, `noenhanced`, "Helvetica" and 14pt.
  Default size of a PostScript plot is 10 inches wide and 7 inches high.

 `eps` mode generates EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) output, which is just
 regular PostScript with some additional lines that allow the file to be
 imported into a variety of other applications.  (The added lines are
 PostScript comment lines, so the file may still be printed by itself.)  To
 get EPS output, use the `eps` mode and make only one plot per file.  In `eps`
 mode the whole plot, including the fonts, is reduced to half of the default
 size.

 Examples:
       set terminal postscript default       # old postscript
       set terminal postscript enhanced      # old enhpost
       set terminal postscript landscape 22  # old psbig
       set terminal postscript eps 14        # old epsf1
       set terminal postscript eps 22        # old epsf2
       set size 0.7,1.4; set term post portrait color "Times-Roman" 14

 Linewidths and pointsizes may be changed with `set linestyle`
 (Note: linestyle ).

 The `postscript` driver supports about 70 distinct pointtypes, selectable
 through the `pointtype` option on `plot` (Note: plot ) and set linestyle.

 Several possibly useful files about `gnuplot` (Note: gnuplot )'s PostScript
 are included in the /docs/ps subdirectory of the `gnuplot` distribution and at
 the distribution sites.  These are "ps_symbols.gpi" (a `gnuplot` command file
 that, when executed, creates the file "ps_symbols.ps" which shows all the
 symbols available through the `postscript` terminal), "ps_guide.ps" (a
 PostScript file that contains a summary of the enhanced syntax and a page
 showing what the octal codes produce with text and symbol fonts) and
 "ps_file.doc" (a text file that contains a discussion of the organization of a
 PostScript file written by `gnuplot`).

 A PostScript file is editable, so once `gnuplot` has created one, you are
 free to modify it to your heart's desire.  See the "editing postscript"
 section for some hints.

enhanced postscript

editing postscript