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How to make pdf work with imagick?

Posted: 2010-10-06T02:18:35-07:00
by GenericUser813
Hi, i installed imagick, imagemagick and php on my win 7 apache webserver and imagick works just fine with images, but when i try to work with PDF file it says: "Postscript delegate failed blah blah".
I googled something about ghostscript, does it mean i need to instal it too, or it does come with imagemagick installation automatically, only i just have config error somewhere?

thanx

Re: How to make pdf work with imagick?

Posted: 2010-10-06T10:16:44-07:00
by el_supremo
IM uses Ghostscript to handle PDF files so you must have Ghostscript installed.

Pete

Re: How to make pdf work with imagick?

Posted: 2010-10-06T10:42:38-07:00
by Bonzo
I just downloaded it from: http://www.ghostscript.com/
I am not sure if you need to install GS before IM or not.

Re: How to make pdf work with imagick?

Posted: 2010-10-06T13:34:32-07:00
by fmw42
Bonzo wrote:I just downloaded it from: http://www.ghostscript.com/
I am not sure if you need to install GS before IM or not.
GS should be installed and then re-install IM

Re: How to make pdf work with imagick?

Posted: 2010-10-07T04:00:06-07:00
by GenericUser813
And does it has to be ghostscript? Can't i make it work with adobe reader?

Re: How to make pdf work with imagick?

Posted: 2010-10-07T04:38:55-07:00
by Bonzo
I very much doubt it would work with Adobe - why do you not want to install GS ?

Re: How to make pdf work with imagick?

Posted: 2010-10-07T04:49:59-07:00
by GenericUser813
Well its just, i have adobe installed for work with pdfs and i don't need to work with pdfs in imagick all that much, so its seems such a waste install second pdf reader :) Can imagick also convert images INTO pdf with ghostscript? That would be sweet.

Re: How to make pdf work with imagick?

Posted: 2010-10-07T04:58:46-07:00
by Bonzo
From memory you can convert an image file e.g. jpg into a pdf image.