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The package is maintained by Paul Wessel. The increasingly popular utility <A NAME="tex2html1599" HREF="../man/ps2raster.html"><I><B>ps2raster</B></I></A><A NAME="28342"></A>, which simplifies the rasterization of <A NAME="tex2html1600" HREF="http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu"><B>GMT</B></A> <I>PostScript</I> to raster formats (see Appendix <A HREF="node188.html#app:C">C</A>), was moved to the general tools starting with <A NAME="tex2html1601" HREF="http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu"><B>GMT</B></A> 4.2.0. <P> <HR> <!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html4994" HREF="node167.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html4988" HREF="node158.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html4982" HREF="node165.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="prev.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html4990" HREF="node1.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="contents.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html4992" HREF="node256.html"> <IMG WIDTH="43" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="index" SRC="index.png"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html4995" HREF="node167.html">A.9 segyprogs: plotting SEGY</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html4989" HREF="node158.html">A. 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