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RobertoG
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check ghostscript working

Post by RobertoG »

hi
i'm tryng to convert files and i get the error

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"D:\Files\XnView\nconvert.exe" -out pdf -multi -xall -quiet -D -overwrite -c 1  -o aaa.pdf ARCHIVIO_EC-----1006364382.pdf
my_error_exit...<Not a JPEG file: starts with 0x25 0x50>
my_error_exit...<Not a JPEG file: starts with 0x25 0x50>
  Error: Don't know how to read this picture (ARCHIVIO_EC-----1006364382.pdf)
i'm using x64 nconvert version

reading posts, i installed ghost script x64 9.19 , downloaded from site

i create 2 variables, as suggested in old post:

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XNVIEW_GS_DLL=C:\Program Files\gs\gs9.19\bin
XNVIEW_GS_LIB=C:\Program Files\gs\gs9.19\lib
but nothing seems to change, i get the same error

i tried to put lib and bin folders under xview/gs folder, as suggested somewhere in another post, but nothing...

There's a way to check if ghostscript tools is correctly recognised by nconvert?

Or if the problem is not related to gs?
I can open source pdf, so it seems not to be damaged
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Re: check ghostscript working

Post by cday »

Hello again,

A normal install of Ghostscript x64 should work correctly with NConvert x64, so I suggest you repeat the install before proceeding to ensure that everything is in order after the other changes you've tried!

Then check that the following code opens the attached 3-page image PDF:

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D:\Files\XnView\nconvert.exe -dpi 300 -xall -out pdf -c 1 -multi -o Success.pdf Test_PDF.pdf
The images in the test file have 1-bit depth, if the images in your file don't have 1-bit depth you will likely need to add a term to convert them, not absolutely sure without testing that. If your source file doesn't contain bitmap or vector images, that might also be a complication.

Presumably you can't upload or provide a link to a test file that you can't open?

I can't spend much time on this until later in the day. :wink:
Test_PDF.pdf
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RobertoG
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Re: check ghostscript working

Post by RobertoG »

i tried...

i've uninstalled old 9.09 i had on PC
i've deleted folder under xnview\plugins
i've removed and reinstalled 9.19

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D:\Files\test>..\XnView\nconvert.exe -dpi 300 -xall -out pdf -c 1 -multi -o Success.pdf Test_PDF.pdf
** NCONVERT v6.82 (c) 1991-2016 Pierre-E Gougelet (Jan  4 2016/21:36:59) **
        Version for Windows Xp/Vista/7 x64  (All rights reserved)
** This is freeware software (for non-commercial use)

my_error_exit...<Not a JPEG file: starts with 0x25 0x50>
my_error_exit...<Not a JPEG file: starts with 0x25 0x50>
  Error: Don't know how to read this picture (Test_PDF.pdf)

i can give you a file of mine, but let your test work before.. :)

BTW: there is a way to merge pdf with different page formats in a unique file (A4, letter, doesn't matter, it should only be viewed) ?

thanks
roberto
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Re: check ghostscript working

Post by cday »

Very strange, I'm using different versions of NConvert and Ghostscript but that shouldn't make any difference: looks as if your code may not be finding GS as you possibly suspected before, are you sure you are using NConvert x64 with GS x64? You might also look on your [C:] drive to check that GS has actually been installed, in case there is some Windows 10 issue??
RobertoG wrote:BTW: there is a way to merge pdf with different page formats in a unique file (A4, letter, doesn't matter, it should only be viewed) ?
I think you can simply use a series of [single or multi-page] files as input and obtain a single output file if you use -multi in your code, easy to test when you are able to run my code above...
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Re: check ghostscript working

Post by cday »

I've moved this edit I added to my previous post to a new post in case you missed it:

Another suggestion would be to install XnView Classic or MP, if you haven't already done so, which also use Ghostscript to open PDFs and see if they can open the above test PDF file...
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RobertoG
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Re: check ghostscript working

Post by RobertoG »

hi
i'll try installing XnView this afternoon

I'ts possible to generate a very verbose output, or a debug one, listing the tries of finding GS, end the errors?

i've installed gs919w64.exe
i don't have the 32bit versions, i think it's not a problem...

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C:\Program Files\gs\gs9.19>dir
 Volume in drive C is OS
 Volume Serial Number is F8AD-7E4E

 Directory of C:\Program Files\gs\gs9.19

04/18/2016  12:02 PM    <DIR>          .
04/18/2016  12:02 PM    <DIR>          ..
04/18/2016  12:02 PM    <DIR>          bin
04/18/2016  12:02 PM    <DIR>          doc
04/18/2016  12:02 PM    <DIR>          examples
04/18/2016  12:02 PM    <DIR>          lib
04/18/2016  12:02 PM    <DIR>          libpng
04/18/2016  12:02 PM    <DIR>          openjpeg
04/18/2016  12:02 PM            61,422 uninstgs.exe
04/18/2016  12:02 PM    <DIR>          zlib
               1 File(s)         61,422 bytes
               9 Dir(s)  187,281,666,048 bytes free

C:\Program Files\gs\gs9.19>cd bin

C:\Program Files\gs\gs9.19\bin>dir
 Volume in drive C is OS
 Volume Serial Number is F8AD-7E4E

 Directory of C:\Program Files\gs\gs9.19\bin

04/18/2016  12:02 PM    <DIR>          .
04/18/2016  12:02 PM    <DIR>          ..
03/23/2016  11:28 AM        15,945,216 gsdll64.dll
03/23/2016  11:28 AM             9,266 gsdll64.lib
03/23/2016  11:28 AM           173,568 gswin64.exe
03/23/2016  11:28 AM           163,840 gswin64c.exe
               4 File(s)     16,291,890 bytes
               2 Dir(s)  187,281,731,584 bytes free

C:\Program Files\gs\gs9.19\bin>dir ..\lib
 Volume in drive C is OS
 Volume Serial Number is F8AD-7E4E

 Directory of C:\Program Files\gs\gs9.19\lib

04/18/2016  12:02 PM    <DIR>          .
04/18/2016  12:02 PM    <DIR>          ..
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03/23/2016  10:19 AM               277 gsnd
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03/23/2016  10:19 AM               184 gssetgs.bat
03/23/2016  10:19 AM               184 gssetgs32.bat
03/23/2016  10:19 AM               184 gssetgs64.bat
03/23/2016  10:19 AM                70 gst.bat
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03/23/2016  10:19 AM             2,227 gs_ce_e.ps
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03/23/2016  10:19 AM             2,639 gs_il2_e.ps
03/23/2016  10:19 AM             4,015 gs_kanji.ps
03/23/2016  10:19 AM             3,153 gs_ksb_e.ps
03/23/2016  10:19 AM             1,945 gs_l.xbm
03/23/2016  10:19 AM             2,751 gs_l.xpm
03/23/2016  10:19 AM             2,742 gs_lgo_e.ps
03/23/2016  10:19 AM             1,774 gs_lgx_e.ps
03/23/2016  10:19 AM             1,955 gs_l_m.xbm
03/23/2016  10:19 AM               945 gs_m.xbm
03/23/2016  10:19 AM             1,437 gs_m.xpm
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03/23/2016  10:19 AM             4,457 gs_pfile.ps
03/23/2016  10:19 AM               724 gs_rdlin.ps
03/23/2016  10:19 AM               594 gs_s.xbm
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03/23/2016  10:19 AM               604 gs_s_m.xbm
03/23/2016  10:19 AM               345 gs_t.xbm
03/23/2016  10:19 AM               605 gs_t.xpm
03/23/2016  10:19 AM               355 gs_t_m.xbm
03/23/2016  10:19 AM             2,503 gs_wl1_e.ps
03/23/2016  10:19 AM             2,502 gs_wl2_e.ps
03/23/2016  10:19 AM             2,520 gs_wl5_e.ps
03/23/2016  10:19 AM           228,143 ht_ccsto.ps
03/23/2016  10:19 AM            73,058 image-qa.ps
03/23/2016  10:19 AM             5,459 impath.ps
03/23/2016  10:19 AM               469 Info-macos.plist
03/23/2016  10:19 AM               792 jispaper.ps
03/23/2016  10:19 AM               123 jobseparator.ps
03/23/2016  10:19 AM             1,468 landscap.ps
03/23/2016  10:19 AM                59 level1.ps
03/23/2016  10:19 AM             3,744 lines.ps
03/23/2016  10:19 AM                95 lp386.bat
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03/23/2016  10:19 AM            22,329 mkcidfm.ps
03/23/2016  10:19 AM             1,045 necp2x.upp
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cday
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Re: check ghostscript working

Post by cday »

RobertoG wrote:i'll try installing XnView this afternoon
XnView Classic, as x32 software, will need GS x32 which might be worth installing in parallel with GS x64 anyway, 'MP will need GS x32 or x64 depending on the version you install...
RobertoG wrote:[Is it] possible to generate a very verbose output, or a debug one, listing the tries of finding GS, end the errors?
I'm not sure...
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RobertoG
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Re: check ghostscript working

Post by RobertoG »

hi
i found a solution.
I don't know if is the best solution , but worked

i installed XnView
i installed gs 9.19 32 bit
i copied lib e bin from gs into plugin folder under the xnview folder
i configured
XNVIEW_GS_DLL=C:\Program Files (x86)\gs\gs9.19\bin
XNVIEW_GS_LIB=C:\Program Files (x86)\gs\gs9.19\lib
i used nconvert 32 installed with xnview and gs was recognised
So, i finally used 32bit version instead of the original 64bit i was trying with

Thanks for support.
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Re: check ghostscript working

Post by cday »

RobertoG wrote:hi
i found a solution.
I don't know if is the best solution , but it works
Thanks for reporting back...

But I don't understand why you have been having a problem getting NConvert to find GhostScript:

GhostScript is only available as an installer, and if it is installed and then you call NConvert using the full path to NConvert as you were doing, it should find GS automatically without any further actions being required. NConvert x32 requires GS x32, and NConvert x64 requires GS x64. The test code and test file I posted above should then work immediately.

Possibly the additional actions creating new environment variables you posted originally, which from memory came from a thread concerned with trying to create a portable version of XnView Classic with GS support, upset something in your system? But you haven't been trying to create a portable utility, have you?
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