Re: EPSfile ioerror and pdfmark

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From: SaGS
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:16

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On Dec 17, 3:50 am, Karl <bikefaster.k...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have an EPS file generated with Photoshop that we had used for over
> a year without a problem. However recently as our volumes have gone up
> we've started to get the following error:
> %%[ Error: ioerror; OffendingCommand: pdfmark ]%%
> ...
> I've made a much smaller postscript program that basically does a loop
> of n times. In the loop I place the EPS file at the same place on the
> page and call showpage. (code is at the bottom of message).
>
> In Adobe Distiller 8 This works fine for 2038 iterations of this loop.
> On the 2039th iteration it dies with the same error.
> ...
> /EPS {logodir exch concatstrings (r) file cvx exec } bind def
> ...

Just a wild guess, but it's worth checking: once you create the PS
file object, store it into a variable and close it explicitely after
executing it ("... (r) file  dup /SavedFile exch def  cvx exec
SavedFile closefile"). My suspicion is that the interpreter runs out
of [guest os] file handles.

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