[cups.bugs] [HIGH] STR #1354: ghostscript is not able to handle EPSfrom AutoCAD

[Helge Blischke]

"Pablo Rodríguez" wrote:
> 
> [STR New]
> 
> ghostscript (using ggv and evince) is not able to display the attached
> prueba.eps, which is an AutoCAD-generated EPS file.
> 
> Link: http://www.cups.org/str.php?L1354
> Version: 8.15.1
> Attachment: http://www.cups.org/strfiles/1354/prueba.eps

What is wrong with this eps file? My fairly old gs 7.00 properly displays it.
The only thing that might be not quite common is that it uses binary tokens (see the
PLRM for details); as the eps has been generated by a program, I see no arguments against
using these.

Helge


PS: But, for proper compatibility with spoolers like CUPS, the sections containing binary
tokens should be bracketed with the "%%BeginData: nnnn binary Bytes" and "%%EndData" comments
(or the older counterparts). With respect to this, the eps file is not DSC compliant.

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Helge Blischke
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