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Unable to convert postscript to usable form, using either ps2pdf or gs
- From: "David Karr" <dkarr at real dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 14:33:08 -0700
- Subject: Unable to convert postscript to usable form, using either ps2pdf or gs
I have a generated postscript file (from trueprint) that I need to get into
a usable form on Windows, so I can view it and print it. I've tried both
"ps2pdf" and "gs", with no success so far.
I first tried using "ps2pdf". This fails with:
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% ps2pdf tp.ps tp.pdf
GPL Ghostscript 8.62: **** Could not open temporary file
/c/DOCUME~1/User/LOCALS~1/Temp/gs_dwvfJL
**** Unable to open the initial device, quitting.
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It isn't an obvious permissions problem, because I can "touch" that file
with no problem.
I then tried just "gs tp.ps", and that fails with this:
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% gs tp.ps
GPL Ghostscript 8.62 (2008-02-29)
Copyright (C) 2008 Artifex Software, Inc. All rights reserved.
This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details.
Loading NimbusMonL-Regu font from
/usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022003l.pfb... 2449904 1067520 4774456 3452340
1 done.
Loading NimbusMonL-ReguObli font from
/usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022023l.pfb... 2506784 1195697 4774456 3453229
1 done.
Loading NimbusMonL-Bold font from
/usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022004l.pfb... 2684240 1361631 4774456 3454118
1 done.
Loading NimbusSanL-Regu font from
/usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019003l.pfb... 2801408 1473306 4774456 3455247
1 done.
Loading NimbusSanL-Bold font from
/usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019004l.pfb... 2898480 1580229 4774456 3456751
1 done.
GPL Ghostscript 8.62: **** Could not open the file .
Error: /invalidfileaccess in --showpage--
Operand stack:
1 true
Execution stack:
%interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval--
--nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval--
--nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push 1905 1 3 %oparray_pop
1904 1 3 %oparray_pop 1888 1 3 %oparray_pop 1771 1 3
%oparray_pop --nostringval-- %errorexec_pop .runexec2
--nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push
--nostringval-- 1777 0 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval--
--nostringval--
Dictionary stack:
--dict:1145/1684(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:93/200(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Current file position is 1569
GPL Ghostscript 8.62: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
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