Advantages of pdfLaTeX

LaTeX users generate postscript output using dvips. An alternative is to use pdfTeX to generate PDF files directly. The PDF format offers a number of advantages over postscript:

• Smaller uncompressed file sizes.
• Much more efficient bitmap inclusion.
• Availability of hyperlinks.
• Better accessibility for inexperienced users.
• Adobe’s Acrobat reader offers facilities for electronic presentations

Limitation of pdfTeX

1. postscript figures cannot yet be directly imported into documents

Supported formats:

be bitmaps (PNG or JPG), a simple format of PDF, or MetaPost output

Solutions for eps figure

1. convert into pdf file

2. convert into png file using command line tool: ‘convert’

example:  convert -density 300 file.ps file.png

For more information about figure format transformation, click: http://blog.so8848.com/2010/02/55549.html