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crodev
crodev

Reputation: 1491

Getting Unrecoverable error: rangecheck in .putdeviceprops when using zugferd.ps with Ghostscript

I am trying to convert a PDF file to comply with PDF/A-3 format and attach an XML file to it as well so it complies with ZUGFeRD standard. I am using a program from Ghostscript zugferd.ps but it keeps throwing this error.

Unrecoverable error: rangecheck in .putdeviceprops

I am following this official guide from Ghostscript.

This is the GS command that I am running:

gs --permit-file-read=/Users/myname/Documents/einvoicing/ -sPDFACompatibilityPolicy=1 \
 -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dPDFA=3 -sColorConversionStrategy=RGB \
 -sZUGFeRDXMLFile=/Users/myname/Documents/einvoicing/invoice.xml \
 -sZUGFeRDProfile=/Users/myname/Documents/einvoicing/AdobeRGB1998.icc \
 -sZUGFeRDVersion=2p1 -sZUGFeRDConformanceLevel=BASIC \
 -o /Users/myname/Documents/einvoicing/zugferd.pdf \ 
/Users/myname/Documents/einvoicing/zugferd.ps /Users/myname/Documents/einvoicing/simple_pdf.pdf

Note that I am not running it with backslashes("\"), it is just here for readability.

Also it's good to note that I have AdobeRGB199.icc, and zugferd.ps in this directory.

I also tried without -sPDFACompatibilityPolicy=1 flag and then it succeeds, but when I run it through Vera validator, it is invalid.

Let me know if you need any more info.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 318

Answers (1)

K J
K J

Reputation: 11739

There seems to be a problem with latest GS 10.04.0 and ZUGFeRD attachment that was not there in prior 10.03.#.

[Later edit] this is a reported problem with correctly embedded XML but may have doubled /AF entries see https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708066 and at bottom of this answer a link to, a for now updated, zugferd.ps.

An additional control for PostScript has been added and the supposed over-ride is stated as gs --permit-devices=* --permit-file-read=... ..., but that does not add the XML in the same way the prior command worked.

For Windows users a fuller working example could be.
(For 10.03.1 remove that initial --permit devices=*)!

gs[win##c].exe --permit-devices=* ^
 --permit-file-read=C:/Users/myname/Documents/einvoicing/ ^
 -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dPDFA=3 -dPDFACompatibilityPolicy=2 ^
 -sColorConversionStrategy=RGB ^
 -sZUGFeRDXMLFile=C:/Users/myname/Documents/einvoicing/invoice.xml ^
 -sZUGFeRDProfile=C:/Users/myname/Documents/einvoicing/srgb.icc ^
 -o C:/Users/myname/Documents/einvoicing/zugferd.pdf ^
 C:/Users/myname/Documents/einvoicing/zugferd.ps ^
 C:/Users/myname/Documents/einvoicing/simple_pdf.pdf

This will currently in 10.03.# produce enter image description here

For 10.04.0 users download this replacement zugferd.ps file and follow the normal internal instructions at line 134 https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/plain/lib/zugferd.ps?id=5d9b000c70f66f5be7bfaed1f16ef4e50d820dc6

Upvotes: 1

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