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Re: ps2pdf fails on converting large .ps file

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ben.is.located@gmail.com wrote:

> Hello. I am compiling a dissertation and am experiencing an error when I
> include too much content. Once I have created the .dvi, I can use
> 
> dvips dissertation_publication.dvi
> 
> to create the .ps file. However, I am unable to convert the 83MB .ps to a
> .pdf file. I am using the command
> 
> ps2pdf dissertation_publication.ps
> 
> and get the following error:
> 
> 
> 
> Error: /limitcheck in --pdfmark--
> Operand stack:
>    --nostringval--   Count   -1   Dest   chapter.2   Title   (conclusions)
>      OUT
> Execution stack:
>    %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--  
>    --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
>      --nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   1878   1   3  
>    %oparray_pop   1877   1   3   %oparray_pop   1861   1   3  
>    %oparray_pop   1755   1   3   %oparray_pop   --nostringval--  
>    %errorexec_pop   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--  
>    --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   1879   8   5  
>    %oparray_pop   --nostringval--
> Dictionary stack:
>    --dict:1157/1684(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:73/200(L)--  
>    --dict:195/300(L)--   --dict:34/200(L)--
> Current allocation mode is local
> Last OS error: 2
> Current file position is 523758
> GPL Ghostscript 8.71: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1

Please execute the following command, using the attached errhdl.ps:

gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=temp.pdf -c .setpdfwrite -f errhdl.ps dissertation_publication.ps

and post the error message, if any. It should tell what the "--nostringval--" means.

Helge

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ps2pdf fails on converting large .ps file ben.is.located@gmail.com - 2012-02-21 10:08 -0800
  Re: ps2pdf fails on converting large .ps file Bob Tennent <BobT@cs.queensu.ca> - 2012-02-21 18:32 +0000
    Re: ps2pdf fails on converting large .ps file ben.is.located@gmail.com - 2012-02-21 10:43 -0800
  Re: ps2pdf fails on converting large .ps file ben.is.located@gmail.com - 2012-02-21 10:49 -0800
    Re: ps2pdf fails on converting large .ps file Bob Tennent <BobT@cs.queensu.ca> - 2012-02-21 18:55 +0000
      Re: ps2pdf fails on converting large .ps file ben.is.located@gmail.com - 2012-02-21 11:19 -0800
        Re: ps2pdf fails on converting large .ps file Bob Tennent <BobT@cs.queensu.ca> - 2012-02-21 21:15 +0000
  Re: ps2pdf fails on converting large .ps file ken <ken@spamcop.net> - 2012-02-22 08:02 +0000
  Re: ps2pdf fails on converting large .ps file Helge Blischke <h.blischke@acm.org> - 2012-02-22 13:09 +0100

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