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

> On Jul 21, 2018, at 16:04, Ken Sharp <[email protected]> wrote:
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> At 15:40 21/07/2018 -0400, Tom Kacvinsky wrote:
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>> 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);
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>> 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
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> 
> An Image XObject with a Width and Height of 0 is pointless, but not actually invalid.
> 
> The lack of a value to associate with the ColorSpace key, however makes these invalid.
> 
> 
>> I can provide the PDF file off list, as well as the ghostscript error message when reading the PDF files.
> 
> If you think you've found a bug in Ghostscript, then please report a bug. This forum is for discussing Ghostscript development, not bug reports.
> 
> I'm also unclear on why you think this is our bug.

Ah, sorry about that.  I looked for a general Ghostscript discussion forum, but didn’t see one, hence the mail to this list.

I don’t think it’s a bug in Ghostscript -  I find it it one of the better PDF interpreters out there, catching things that Acrobat doesn’t, or Apple’s Preview application.

Anyway, your information confirms what I suspected, so I have something to go on now

Thanks, and I’ll not send general questions to this list again.

Tom