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Does PDF to TIFF conversion require GS install?

Posted: 2013-12-29T16:26:42-07:00
by timhurring
Can someone please confirm if I need to have Ghostscript installed in order for ImageMagick to successfully convert PDF files to TIFF, or is the necessary Ghostscript functionality included in the ImageMagick install?

Re: Does PDF to TIFF conversion require GS install?

Posted: 2013-12-29T17:42:14-07:00
by snibgo
I believe you need GS.

Re: Does PDF to TIFF conversion require GS install?

Posted: 2013-12-29T17:47:44-07:00
by fmw42
I do not know about Windows, but for Unix you will need GS. You should post your version of IM and especially your platform in the future.

Re: Does PDF to TIFF conversion require GS install?

Posted: 2013-12-31T18:08:42-07:00
by snibgo
The same is true for IM 6.8.8-0 on Windows 8. On a machine without Ghostscript the command ...

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convert tom.pdf t.png
... gave the message:

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convert.exe: Postscript delegate failed `tom.pdf': No such file or directory @ error/pdf.c/ReadPDFImage/682.
After installing GS from http://www.ghostscript.com/download/gsdnld.html, the command succeeded.