postscript delegate failed

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Arlene

postscript delegate failed

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does anyone have any idea of when I am processing a pdf file that I would get the error "postscript delegate failed"?

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It means that the "ghostscript" program, that IM uses to convert PDF into a raster image format Im can process further, failed in some way. It may you don't have it installed.
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