XnView cannot see Ghostscript

[sunclad]

Windows 8, 64-bit
Dell Laptop
XnView 2.03 en

I attempted to open a PDF with XnView and it prompted me to install Ghostscript.

I went to the Ghostscript web site, and installed it, however XnView cannot see see it still. I have restarted the system a couple of times.

XnView is installed in the x86 folder (default) but Ghostscript's default folder is the "Programs" folder which is different.

I was not able to find anything in the Settings area of XnView to allow me to point to the Ghostscript folder, etc.

Suggestions?

[xnview]

Do you have installed GS 32bits?

[sunclad]

No the 64 bit version since Windows 8 is 64 bit

The file name used to install is GhostScriptgs907w64

Version 9.07 for 64-bit machine. Obtained from SourceForge

Is the 32-bit version required?

I was going to install the 64-bit version of XnView but it is tagged as experimental so I used the standard 32-bit version.

[cday]

XnView is 32-bit software and requires GS 32-bit even when installed on Windows 64-bit.

cday.

[helmut]

XnView is 32-bit software and requires GS 32-bit even when installed on Windows 64-bit.cday.

Right, cday, 32-bit version of AFPL Ghostscript must be installed.

Related topic:
- FAQ How to display vector formats like PDF, AI,...? GhostScript!

[sunclad]

OK - I'll give it a try. since this was a 64-bit machine I made some poor assumptions. My bad.

Might want to change the pop -up when convenient.

DMK

[sunclad]

I installed the 32 bit version of Ghost Script and it worked OK. I'm a little disappointed in the image quality however but it is workable.

I uninstalled the 64-bit version of GS for the time being as beyond this I had no other use for GS at this time.

Thanks much

[cday]

sunclad wrote:

I'm a little disappointed in the image quality however but it is workable.

You probably need to increase the DPI setting...

Tools > Options -- General -- Read/Write -- Read -- EPS/PS/AI/PDF

The default GS value is 72 which is too low for most purposes.

@Pierre:

Is it technically possible to increase the default value used by XnView, as suggested recently by Helmut, or would it be overwritten when GS is installed?

http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=27968