The attached file generates a "Error: /rangecheck in --.execform1--" error when processed by Ghostscript head (r9614) and earlier versions that I tried. Adobe Acrobat 9 and Apple Preview both open the file without error (it opens as a blank page, but according to the customer that is correct). The command line I'm using for testing: bin/gs -sDEVICE=tiff24nc -o test.tif ./samplesB1a1.pdf
Created attachment 4895 [details] samplesB1a1.pdf
Created attachment 4896 [details] patch Skip Identity /TR function in soft mask dictionary on PostScript level instead of passing {} to .begintransparencymaskgroup because ref_function() only accepts functions that consist of data and %execfunction .
The patch is committed as a rev. 9617. Regression testing shows no differences.