Validity of a PDF File

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elisegev
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Validity of a PDF File

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I generate a PDF file with the aid of iText (http://www.lowagie.com/iText/docs.html). When I convert this PDF file to JPG, I get the following warming messages:

**** Warning: File has an invalid xref entry: 2. Rebuilding xref table.

**** This file had errors that were repaired or ignored.
**** The file was produced by:
**** >>>> iText 1.3.6 (by lowagie.com) distributed with the Software Developer's Journal <<<<
**** Please notify the author of the software that produced this
**** file that it does not conform to Adobe's published PDF
**** specification.

I sent these warnings to the iText people and they said:

The PDF is perfectly fine and not damaged or broken in any way.

So who is right?

BTW, when I display the PDF file with Ghostscript 8.51, I get this warning:

**** Warning: File has an invalid xref entry: 2. Rebuilding xref table.

Any suggestions?
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Post by magick »

Post a URL to your image here so we can download it and try to determine if the file is corrupt or if its a bug.
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magick wrote: Post a URL to your image here so we can download it and try to determine if the file is corrupt or if its a bug.


I don't have a web site to post the file. I will look around for one and let you know.
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Validity of a PDF File

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magick wrote: Post a URL to your image here so we can download it and try to determine if the file is corrupt or if its a bug.


I have sent you a URL. Can you read the content?
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We could not read the URL you sent us. It would not load, instead it just timed out.
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Post by magick »

Your jacket2.pdf converted fine without complaint for us. We're using ImageMagick 6.2.6-8 and Ghostscript 8.15.1 (2005-09-22).
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