I've updated Ghostscript to gs-gpl 8.01 (the lazy option; I'm getting errors with the 8.53 package -- something to look into when I have more time...) and now also pdf2ps seems to work correctly. Thanks again for the help!
Femke Le Tigre wrote: > Femke Snelting a ?crit : >> Hello list, >> >> I'm preparing a Printing Party / Open Source Publishing demonstration >> here in Brussels with my friend Harrisson, and for that I'm trying out >> the excellent recipe for booklet printing that was posted on the list a >> few weeks ago: http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/How_to_make_a_booklet >> >> But... whatever configuration for the pdf export I am chosing from >> Scribus, I am getting this message when trying to convert a pdf to >> postscript: >> >> Error: /typecheck in --length-- >> Operand stack: >> --dict:6/6(L)-- Fo3S0 11.0 --dict:9/9(L)-- --dict:9/9(L)-- >> 409060 --dict:9/9(L)-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- >> --nostringval-- 256 --nostringval-- >> >> [etc] >> >> And than: >> >> Current allocation mode is local >> ESP Ghostscript 7.07.1: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 >> >> I don't know much about Ghostscript, so maybe it is obvious to you >> what's going wrong. All I know that everything is fine when I use a pdf >> generated in indesign or msword :-( I've used different Scribus >> documents to see whether it was a problem in the document itself, or >> with embedded fonts but it seems that each one I try generates the same >> error. >> >> I'm using Scribus 1.3.3 on linux/ubuntu and attempt to convert the pdf >> with pdf2ps from the command line. >> >> Thanks a lot for your help! >> >> Femke >> _______________________________________________ >> Scribus mailing list >> Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de >> http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus >> >> > Isn't it a problem of Ghostscript version? 7.07 seems old, doesn't it? > I had a pdf problem a few weeks ago, and went to Gs 8.53, that was the > solution. > > Raphael > > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus >
