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  1. Bug #1524870
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Comment 0 for bug 1524870

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stehpan (stehpan) wrote :

Inkscape 0.91 r13725 on Windows 7 64bit
Load .svg file.
EPS export: Save as ... .eps, set "Bleed/margin (mm)" to 20 mm.
compare to
PS export: Save as ... .ps, set "Bleed/margin (mm)" to 20 mm.

PS file has additional margin when opened in ps_view 5.12 (Ghostcript 9.16, Lua 5.1, wxLua2.8.10.0, wxWidgets 2.8.10)
EPS file has no additional margin around the drawing.

This is related to bug #380501 "eps export always sets bounding box to drawing, never to whole canvas", over there is a discussion if the additional whitespace/emptyness is against the EPS spec or not and if the standard should be ignored if it is against the spec.

For a good workflow having a margin in eps files is important.
Currently the "Bleed/margin (mm)" option is useless during eps export.

Proposed fix: override the eps Boundingbox with Boundingbox+margin.

The attached .eps file was exported with 20 mm "Bleed/margin (mm)" choosing "whole page".