[magick-users] newbie PS limitations ?

[Mark Hounschell]

Ross Presser wrote:
> Attached files don't generally make it through the mailing list. Can
> you post them on a web site?
> 

You should be able to pull them from:

ftp://ftp.compro.net/public/temp/bad.ps.bz2
ftp://ftp.compro.net/public/temp/good.ps.bz2

> Since it's a /limitcheck error, it's possible that your raster image
> is too large to fit in the image buffer. Will it display at a lower
> resolution?
> 

If I'm doing it right, no.  (display -resize 640x480 bad.ps)

> On 6/12/07, Mark Hounschell <markh at compro.net> wrote:
>> I'm new to this list (and postscript) and I hope this isn't the wrong
>> place
>> to ask.
>> I am having problems viewing some home grown PS files. I am using IM and
>> but I can't view them with anything else either so my problem is not with
>> IM.
>>
>> I've read about all I can read pertaining to my situation and I'm not
>> getting anywhere fast.
>>
>> I'm using raster data as my source and I seem to be hitting some size
>> limitation ( I think).
>>
>> I have a file that displays as expected. When I add a single
>> additional line
>> of raster data
>> and change the header accordingly it no longer displays and I get the
>> following with the
>> display command.
>>
>> markh at harley:/10.0/home/markh> display /tmp/lcrsp8878_4_5
>> ERROR: /limitcheck in -file-
>> Operand stack:
>>    792   663   1   --nostringval--
>> Execution stack:
>>    %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
>> --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
>> --nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   1   3   %oparray_pop  
>> 1   3
>> %oparray_pop   --nostringval--   1   3   %oparray_pop   1   3  
>> %oparray_pop
>>   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2
>> %stopped_push
>> Dictionary stack:
>>    --dict:1142/3371(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:107/200(L)--
>> Current allocation mode is local
>> Last OS error: 2
>> Current file position is 131252
>> ESP Ghostscript 8.15.3: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
>> ERROR: /limitcheck in -file-
>> Operand stack:
>>    792   663   1   --nostringval--
>> Execution stack:
>>    %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
>> --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
>> --nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   1   3   %oparray_pop  
>> 1   3
>> %oparray_pop   --nostringval--   1   3   %oparray_pop   1   3  
>> %oparray_pop
>>   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2
>> %stopped_push
>> Dictionary stack:
>>    --dict:1142/3371(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:107/200(L)--
>> Current allocation mode is local
>> Last OS error: 2
>> Current file position is 131252
>> ESP Ghostscript 8.15.3: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
>> display: no decode delegate for this image format `/tmp/lcrsp8878_4_5'.
>> display: Postscript delegate failed `/tmp/lcrsp8878_4_5'.
>>
>> The files are very basic and only display a black box. I've attached a
>> good
>> one and the bad one.
>> Again, the only difference in the raster data is a single line of data
>> and
>> the header info.
>> If anyone could help me figure out what I am doing wrong or point me to
>> somewhere else it
>> might be appropriate to ask this, it would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks and regards
>> Mark
>>
>>
> 

Thanks Mark