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XnView cannot see Ghostscript
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 2:54 am
by 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?
Re: XnView cannot see Ghostscript
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 5:27 am
by xnview
Do you have installed GS 32bits?
Re: XnView cannot see Ghostscript
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 1:32 pm
by 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.
Re: XnView cannot see Ghostscript
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:07 pm
by cday
XnView is 32-bit software and requires GS 32-bit even when installed on Windows 64-bit.
cday.
Re: XnView cannot see Ghostscript
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 11:01 pm
by helmut
cday wrote: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!
Re: XnView cannot see Ghostscript
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 12:33 am
by 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
Re: XnView cannot see Ghostscript
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 2:23 am
by 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
Re: XnView cannot see Ghostscript
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 7:35 am
by 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