Re: Problem with PDF file genreated by Notes application on maCOS

Error message is

tkacvinsky@admin:~> gs foo.pdf
GPL Ghostscript 9.15 (2014-09-22)
Copyright (C) 2014 Artifex Software, Inc.  All rights reserved.
This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details.
   **** Warning: considering '0000000000 XXXXX n' as a free entry.
   **** Warning:  File has an invalid xref entry:  1.  Rebuilding xref
table.
Processing pages 1 through 1.
Page 1
   **** File has an unbalanced >> (close dictionary).
   **** Error reading a content stream. The page may be incomplete.
Error: /typecheck in --run--
Operand stack:
   --dict:5/5(L)--   --dict:73/138(ro)(L)--   PageSpotColors
--dict:5/5(L)--   --dict:0/0(L)--   --dict:4/4(L)--   14643   12   0
--nostringval--   Length   --nostringval--   Type   XObject   Subtype
Image   Width   0   Height   0   ColorSpace   BitsPerComponent   16
Filter   FlateDecode   Length   --nostringval--   FlateDecode
Execution stack:
   %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
--nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
--nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   1951   1   3   %oparray_pop
1950   1   3   %oparray_pop   1934   1   3   %oparray_pop
--nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   1   1   --nostringval--
%for_pos_int_continue   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
--nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   %loop_continue
--nostringval--   --dict:8/8(L)--   --nostringval--   5   %dict_continue
--nostringval--
Dictionary stack:
   --dict:1176/1684(ro)(G)--   --dict:1/20(G)--   --dict:82/200(L)--
--dict:82/200(L)--   --dict:116/127(ro)(G)--   --dict:280/300(ro)(G)--
--dict:28/32(L)--   --dict:2/6(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
GPL Ghostscript 9.15: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
Unrecoverable error: typecheck in quit
Operand stack:
    --nostringval--  false  --nostringval--
t

On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 3:40 PM Tom Kacvinsky <[email protected]> wrote:

> HI all,
>
> I have  PDF file generated by the Notes application on macOS.
>
> I *think* I have narrowed it down to the following objects which cause a
> problem (PyPDF2 barfs on these objects, anyway);
>
> 12 0 obj
> << /Length 13 0 R /Type /XObject /Subtype /Image /Width 0 /Height 0
> /ColorSpace
> /BitsPerComponent 16 /Filter /FlateDecode >>
> stream
> <binary date>
> endstream
> endobj
>
> 10 0 obj
> << /Length 11 0 R /Type /XObject /Subtype /Image /Width 0 /Height 0
> /ColorSpace
> /BitsPerComponent 16 /Filter /FlateDecode >>
> stream
> <binary data>
> endstream
> endobj
>
> 14 0 obj
> << /Length 15 0 R /Type /XObject /Subtype /Image /Width 0 /Height 0
> /ColorSpace
> /BitsPerComponent 16 /Filter /FlateDecode >>
> stream
> <binary data>
> endstream
> endobj
>
> The indirect references for /Length all contain 8.  These just doesn't
> look like valid PDF objects.
>
> I can provide the PDF file off list, as well as the ghostscript error
> message when reading the PDF files.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom
>