Originally reported by: billbrasky@users.sourceforge.net Attached is a PDF that is causing us problems. It fails on pdf2ps with: bash-2.05$ /usr/local/bin/pdf2ps F_3242388.pdf Error: /undefined in --get-- Operand stack: Separation All DeviceCMYK --dict:7/9(L)-- -- dict:3/3(G)-- 4 Execution stack: %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval- - --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- 2 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push 1 3 %oparray_pop -- nostringval-- 2 1 1 --nostringval-- % for_pos_int_continue --nostringval-- --nostringval-- -- nostringval-- --nostringval-- %array_continue -- nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push --nostringval-- %loop_continue --nostringval-- --nostringval-- -- nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- -- nostringval-- Dictionary stack: --dict:905/941(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:54/200(L)-- --dict:54/200(L)-- --dict:78/127(G)-- --dict:139/152 (G)-- --dict:14/15(L)-- --dict:1/2(L)-- --dict:16/20(L)-- Current allocation mode is local Normally, we do the following: bash-2.05$ /usr/local/bin/gs -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH - dSAFER -sDEVICE=pswrite -sOutputFile=test.ps - dFirstPage=1 -dLastPage=1 -dPSBinaryOK F_3242388.pdf And it does work, but the input file is a 1 megabyte PDF and the output file is a 500 megabyte ps!! I noticed that the file appears to have some recursive image drawing. Does the ps file copy the image for each time it's drawn?? PDF came from macintosh acrobat distiller 4.05.
Comment originally by billbrasky@users.sourceforge.net Logged In: YES user_id=38096 Ok, I couldn't attach the file. Please download from: http://wookiee.ancept.com/~jason/F_3242388.pdf
Comment originally by alexcher@users.sourceforge.net Logged In: YES user_id=65750 The sample file cannot be downloaded. I've got Forbidden You don't have permission to access /~jason/F_3242388.pdf on this server. Please compress the file and email it to bug-gs@ghostscript.com
Comment originally by billbrasky@users.sourceforge.net Logged In: YES user_id=38096 Email sent. I attached another example of the problem where a 1.1MB PDF becomes a 1.7GB ps
Comment originally by jackiem@users.sourceforge.net Logged In: YES user_id=206537 Neither of these files will run run in CVS HEAD of Ghostscript, and acrobat reader fails on them as well. Perhaps they were corrupted in transit. Could you please zip or gzip them and resend to bug-gs?
Comment originally by jackiem@users.sourceforge.net Logged In: YES user_id=206537 pswrite has many known issues and has not been updated in some time. While we are planning to eventually fix these problems, it is not high on our todo list at this time. We'll leave this bug open at a low priority and hopefully get this resolved at some point in the future.
Comment originally by nhathaway@users.sourceforge.net Logged In: YES user_id=487598 The file ACROBAT.PDF in the standard Windows Adobe Acrobat Reader distribution also seems to cause a similar problem. AFPL Ghostscript BETA RELEASE 7.32 (2002-11-02) Copyright (C) 2002 artofcode LLC, Benicia, CA. All rights reserved. This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details. Processing pages 1 through 1. Page 1 Substituting font Helvetica-Bold for AdobeCorpID-MyriadSb. Loading NimbusSanL-Bold font from c:\program files\gs\fonts/n019004l.pfb... 1977824 665122 1658904 359168 2 done. Substituting font Times-Roman for AdobeCorpID-MinionRg. Loading NimbusRomNo9L-Regu font from c:\program files\gs\fonts/n021003l.pfb... 2018016 719457 1679000 371774 2 done. Substituting font Helvetica-BoldOblique for AdobeCorpID- MyriadSbIt. Loading NimbusSanL-BoldItal font from c:\program files\gs\fonts/n019024l.pfb... 2078304 770567 1699096 402000 2 done. Substituting font Helvetica for AdobeCorpID-MyriadRg. Loading NimbusSanL-Regu font from c:\program files\gs\fonts/n019003l.pfb... 2118496 815540 1719192 414039 2 done. Substituting font Helvetica-Bold for MyriadMM_565_300_. Error: /undefined in --get-- Operand stack: --dict:5/5(L)-- F10 1 --dict:8/8(L)-- --dict:9/14(L)-- -- dict:8/8(L)-- 0.001 --dict:9/14(L)-- FontMatrix Execution stack: %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- -- nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- -- nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 3 % oparray_pop --nostringval-- 2 1 1 --nostringval-- % for_pos_int_continue --nostringval-- --nostringval-- -- nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- % array_continue --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push -- nostringval-- %loop_continue --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- Dictionary stack: --dict:1043/1123(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:74/200(L)-- --dict:74/200(L)-- --dict:100/127(ro)(G)-- --dict:230/230(ro) (G)-- --dict:20/24(L)-- --dict:4/6(L)-- --dict:23/31(L)-- -- dict:13/20(L)-- --dict:3/4(L)-- Current allocation mode is local Last OS error: No such file or directory AFPL Ghostscript BETA RELEASE 7.32: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
All issues associated with this bug have been addressed in some way. (1) Error: /undefined in --get-- This problem has been fixed long ago. It was caused by [/Separations/All ...] (2) Incorrect forwarding in BBox device. Fixed and committed to HEAD branch. (3) I/O errors are ignored. Opened as a new error #686741 "I/O error handling in GS or lack thereof". This problem is not specific to pswrite. (4) Low level PostScript generation. Documented in Issues.htm .