[Tex/LaTex] Converted EPS not found with TeX Live 2012 and Windows 8

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I use TeX Live 2012 on Windows 8 and would like to use an EPS image. I usually use PNG, but in this case PNG is too pixelated.

I found that epstopdf is the preferred solution and that TeX Live (starting in 2010) converts on the fly. TeX Live thinks it converted the file, but can't find it because it doesn't exist (log file below). I tried using absolute file references and turning off all other graphics packages, but the symptoms don't change.

This is a little deeper than I've gotten in TeX and would appreciate any help.

(c:/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/epstopdf-sys.cfg
File: epstopdf-sys.cfg 2010/07/13 v1.3 Configuration of (r)epstopdf for TeX Liv
e
))
(./payout_content.tex
Package epstopdf Info: Source file: <../figures/gz_figure_1.eps>
(epstopdf)                    date: 2013-03-08 09:16:48
(epstopdf)                    size: 80137 bytes
(epstopdf)             Output file: <../figures/gz_figure_1-eps-converted-to.pd
f>
(epstopdf)             Command: <repstopdf --outfile=../figures/gz_figure_1-eps
-converted-to.pdf ../figures/gz_figure_1.eps>
(epstopdf)             \includegraphics on input line 6.
runsystem(repstopdf --outfile=../figures/gz_figure_1-eps-converted-to.pdf ../fi
gures/gz_figure_1.eps)...executed safely (allowed).

Package epstopdf Info: Result file: <../figures/gz_figure_1-eps-converted-to.pd
f>.


! Package pdftex.def Error: File `../figures/gz_figure_1-eps-converted-to.pdf' 
not found.

See the pdftex.def package documentation for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...                                              

l.6 ...   \includegraphics{../figures/gz_figure_1}

Using draft setting for this image.
Try typing  <return>  to proceed.
If that doesn't work, type  X <return>  to quit.

Best Answer

It would simplify the interaction of the various programs a lot if instead of ../figures/gz_figure_1 you just had gz_figure_1 and put the file in the current directory.

Alternatively there is no need to convert this while doing latex you can just run 

ps2pdf gz_figure_1.ps

and that should make a pdf file which pdflatex will then see.

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