[Mac OS X TeX] !Dimensions too large ??

[Ross Moore]

> On Thursday, November 22, 2001, at 10:04 PM, Ross Moore wrote:
> 
> now i get the following:
> 
> > Warning: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/pdflatex: 
> > arithmetic
> > : number too big
> >
> > ! Dimension too large.
> > <argument> \ht \@tempboxa
> >
> > l.49 ...2.5cm]{test.jpg}
> 
> 
> the file test.jpg can be found at
> http://www.hcii.de/test.jpg
> if somebody cares to try...

It seems that "JPEGs ain't JPEGs".
I get the same error.
But on converting to a JPEG at 99% quality, using GraphicConverter,
the resulting file works fine.
However, it is almost twice the size: 110k instead of 55k.
see:
  http://www-texdev.mpce.mq.edu.au/BAUER/

compare images:  test.jpg  and  test2.jpg .
The document  jtest.pdf includes them both.


So I'd say that your original file has an encoding that pdfTeX
currently doesn't understand, but GraphicConverter and other software
does understand OK. Thankfully, GraphicConverter writes to the
older (?) format, which pdfTeX *does* understand.

I've hit these kinds of problems before, with JPG images;
mainly with black/white images rather than colored
(though some of these can give problems too!)


> > Is it the same version of pdfTeX ?
> 
> on linux:
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159-13d (Web2C 7.3.1)
> 
> on os x:
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00a-pretest-20010806 (Web2C 7.3.3.1)

I'm using the latter, under Digital Unix, OSF1.


Hope this helps,

	Ross Moore



 
> 
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> cheers, martin.
> 
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