[reportlab-users] reportlab pdf and esp-ghostscript pdftops errors]

[Fernando M. Maresca]

On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 10:04:01AM +0100, Robin Becker wrote:
> Fernando M. Maresca wrote:
> >Hello.
> >I'm using python reportlab to produce some pdf files.
> >I'm getting errors passing this .pdf files trhu pdf2ps:
> >
> >fmaresca at homero:/tmp$ pdf2ps ot_py.pdf ot_py.ps
> >Error: /undefined in /TextSaveMatrix
> >Operand stack:
> >   --dict:7/7(L)--
> >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--   
> >   --nostringval--   2   1   1   --nostringval--   %for_pos_int_continue   
> >   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   
> >   %array_continue   --nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   
> >   --nostringval--   %loop_continue   --nostringval--
> >Dictionary stack:
> >   --dict:1120/1686(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:85/200(L)--   
> >   --dict:85/200(L)--   --dict:104/127(ro)(G)--   --dict:241/347(ro)(G)--  
> >   --dict:20/24(L)--   --dict:4/6(L)--   --dict:23/31(L)--
> >Current allocation mode is local
> >ESP Ghostscript 815.00: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
> >
> >
> >Xpdf's pdftops converts the same file with no trouble.
> >Somebody else is getting this problem?
> >
> >System is up to date Debian stable.
> >ESP Ghostscript 815.00
> >Xpdf 3.01
> >python2.4-reportlab  1.20debian-2
> >
> >Thanks.
> It would be nice to get a small sample file produced with the following 
> environment variables set
> 
> RL_pageCompression=0
> RL_invariant=1
The file attached was produced with this enviroment variables set. The
problem is the same.
> 
> Is there any particular construct that causes a problem? Does it open ok in 
I don't know what causes this problem with gv. The conversion between
pdf to ps produces very different .ps files depending on wich program
you use (xpdf pdftops or gv pdf2ps), but in this case only pdftops
works.
> acrobat/convert with distiller?
Got not acrobat/distiller. I'll donwload them now.
 Thank you

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