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In <9207250634.AA04933@cookie-crisp>
<1992Jul24.122120.19579@daimi.aau.dk>, Lars Toeffner-Clausen
observes:

> I've tried using ppm8run in the pstoppm package for GhostScript 2.40
> but I get the error:
> 
> 	Error: /rangecheck in --makeimagedevice--
> 	Operand stack:
> 	    [1.04167 0 0 -1.04167 0 825]  638  825  (\000\000\000\377...
> and a whole lot more.
> 
> What is wrong here? Maybe the Palette8 is erroneous, where can I get a
> right one?

In all current versions of Ghostscript, pstoppm uses older logic that
insists that the output bitmap / pixmap fit in RAM.  If you are
running a 16-bit MS-DOS executable (gs.exe), you will not be able to
render a full-page color image at any reasonable resolution.

In Ghostscript version 2.5, you will be able to get full-page 24-bit
PPM output using the new ppm device, regardless of RAM size or
machine architecture; pstoppm will not be needed.  8-bit color with
an arbitrary palette will continue to be supported by pstoppm, and
will continue to be limited to very small or very coarse images on
PCs.  I will probably fix this properly in a release later this year.

L. Peter Deutsch :: Aladdin Enterprises :: P.O. box 60264, Palo Alto, CA 94306
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