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by: D.B. Carter - Fri, 17 Jun 2022 19:32 UTC

Hello,
I'm trying to use Ghostscript via Autocad command line using Autolisp programming. The goal is totake multiple pdf's in a folder and create one pdf. I have the lisp writing the command line but it fails.
Here is what the autolisp file produces at the command line.

-sDEVICE= pdfwrite -dBATCH -sOutputFile=F:\Quick Plots\temp\20220617-TEST.PDF DP-L1.pdf DP-DP5.pdf DP-DP4.pdf DP-DP3.pdf DP-DP2.pdf DP-DP1.pdf

Why is failing?
(Error: /undefined in -sDEVICE=pdfwrite.)

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by: Jeffrey H. Coffield - Fri, 17 Jun 2022 21:30 UTC

On 06/17/2022 12:32 PM, D.B. Carter wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm trying to use Ghostscript via Autocad command line using Autolisp programming. The goal is totake multiple pdf's in a folder and create one pdf. I have the lisp writing the command line but it fails.
> Here is what the autolisp file produces at the command line.
>
> -sDEVICE= pdfwrite -dBATCH -sOutputFile=F:\Quick Plots\temp\20220617-TEST.PDF DP-L1.pdf DP-DP5.pdf DP-DP4.pdf DP-DP3.pdf DP-DP2.pdf DP-DP1.pdf
>
> Why is failing?
> (Error: /undefined in -sDEVICE=pdfwrite.)
>

You have a space between the "-sDEVICE=" and "pdfwrite" but the error
seems to show it is ignoring the space.

I don't see that the command starts with "gs" but I'm not a Windoze user.

Try "gs -h" and see if "pdfwrite" is listed under "Available devices:"

Jeff

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by: Ross Presser - Sun, 19 Jun 2022 01:33 UTC

On Friday, June 17, 2022 at 5:30:53 PM UTC-4, Jeffrey H. Coffield wrote:
> On 06/17/2022 12:32 PM, D.B. Carter wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I'm trying to use Ghostscript via Autocad command line using Autolisp programming. The goal is totake multiple pdf's in a folder and create one pdf. I have the lisp writing the command line but it fails.
> > Here is what the autolisp file produces at the command line.
> >
> > -sDEVICE= pdfwrite -dBATCH -sOutputFile=F:\Quick Plots\temp\20220617-TEST.PDF DP-L1.pdf DP-DP5.pdf DP-DP4.pdf DP-DP3.pdf DP-DP2.pdf DP-DP1.pdf
> >
> > Why is failing?
> > (Error: /undefined in -sDEVICE=pdfwrite.)
> >
> You have a space between the "-sDEVICE=" and "pdfwrite" but the error
> seems to show it is ignoring the space.
>
> I don't see that the command starts with "gs" but I'm not a Windoze user.
>
> Try "gs -h" and see if "pdfwrite" is listed under "Available devices:"
>
> Jeff

You might want to use the pdfwrite2 device.

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by: ken - Sun, 19 Jun 2022 07:36 UTC

In article <12d3b91f-0037-4d9a-83b8-326c0d12593dn@googlegroups.com>,
rpresser@gmail.com says...
> You might want to use the pdfwrite2 device.

There is no pdfwrite2 device, there is ps2write but that outputs level 2
PostScript.

Ken

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by: ken - Sun, 19 Jun 2022 07:36 UTC

In article <e687f727-39bc-4d67-b896-6c91b231b487n@googlegroups.com>,
fathedfred@gmail.com says...
>
> Hello,
> I'm trying to use Ghostscript via Autocad command line using Autolisp programming. The goal is totake multiple pdf's in a folder and create one pdf. I have the lisp writing the command line but it fails.
> Here is what the autolisp file produces at the command line.
>
> -sDEVICE= pdfwrite -dBATCH -sOutputFile=F:\Quick Plots\temp\20220617-TEST.PDF DP-L1.pdf DP-DP5.pdf DP-DP4.pdf DP-DP3.pdf DP-DP2.pdf DP-DP1.pdf
>
> Why is failing?
> (Error: /undefined in -sDEVICE=pdfwrite.)

I can't see any way to get that from your stated command line. The space
between -sDEVICE= and pdfwrite should produce an 'unknown device:'
Ordinarily that ouwl read something like 'unknown device: devicename'
but in this case it is blank.

Can you quote the entire back channel output please ?

Ken

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by: luser droog - Mon, 20 Jun 2022 02:21 UTC

On Friday, June 17, 2022 at 2:32:32 PM UTC-5, D.B. Carter wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm trying to use Ghostscript via Autocad command line using Autolisp programming. The goal is totake multiple pdf's in a folder and create one pdf. I have the lisp writing the command line but it fails.
> Here is what the autolisp file produces at the command line.
>
> -sDEVICE= pdfwrite -dBATCH -sOutputFile=F:\Quick Plots\temp\20220617-TEST.PDF DP-L1.pdf DP-DP5.pdf DP-DP4.pdf DP-DP3.pdf DP-DP2.pdf DP-DP1.pdf
>
> Why is failing?
> (Error: /undefined in -sDEVICE=pdfwrite.)

Stab in the dark, but the error makes it look like the PostScript interpreter is trying
to execute the command line as if it were PostScript code. Maybe autocad is piping
directly into a running ghostscript instance and you'll need to use some other
interface in Autocad to change the way ghostscript is being invoked (assuming the
earlier guess is correct).

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by: Ross Presser - Wed, 22 Jun 2022 16:06 UTC

On Sunday, June 19, 2022 at 3:36:59 AM UTC-4, ken wrote:
> In article <12d3b91f-0037-4d9a...@googlegroups.com>,
> rpre...@gmail.com says...
> > You might want to use the pdfwrite2 device.
> There is no pdfwrite2 device, there is ps2write but that outputs level 2
> PostScript.
My bad then, sorry for getting them confused.

All your files have been destroyed (sorry). Paul.

devel / comp.lang.postscript / Re: Help with command line usage

Subject	Author
Help with command line usage	D.B. Carter
Re: Help with command line usage	Jeffrey H. Coffield
Re: Help with command line usage	Ross Presser
Re: Help with command line usage	ken
Re: Help with command line usage	Ross Presser
Re: Help with command line usage	ken
Re: Help with command line usage	luser droog