[Gsview] impossible printing with gsview4.3 and ghostscript 8.00

Russell Lang gsview@ghostgum.com.au
Tue, 04 Feb 2003 07:28:04 +1100


Joseph,

> I've got win2000 on a pentium 4 PC. I am not able to
> print pdf files with gsview4.3. I have the following
> message:
> 
> AFPL Ghostscript 8.00 (2002-11-21)
> Copyright (C) 2002 artofcode LLC, Benicia, CA.  All
> rights reserved.
> This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file
> PUBLIC for details.
> Unrecoverable error: invalidfileaccess in file
> Operand stack:
>     C:\Program Files\Ghostgum\gsview\Grogan02.pdf  r
> gsapi_execute_cont returns -9
> gsapi_exit returns 0
> 
> What is strange is that I can print with gsprint.exe.
> Has anybody got an idea ?

The security on GS 8.00 was tightened up, and GSview hasn't been 
modified to suit.  Either disable "Options | Safer" (which 
allows PostScript to read and write files), or use another 
program such as gsprint or Acrobat Reader.

Russell Lang                   gsview@ghostgum.com.au
Ghostgum Software Pty Ltd      http://www.ghostgum.com.au/