[DVIPDFMx] dvipdfmx and inkscape PDF 1.4 images

[Jin-Hwan Cho]

Dear Jonathan,

On Jun 18, 2008, at 10:18 PM, Jonathan Underwood wrote:

> With reference to this bug report:
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451612
>
> it seems that recently there's been a bit of a regression with
> dvipdfmx behaviour. Or, at least a regression when used in conjunction
> with version 0.4 of xdvipdfmx. I am not entirely sure where the
> problem lies here, but certainly it has creeped in between the
> 20071115 snapshot and the 20080520 snapshot.
>
> Specifically, with the 20080520 snapshot:
>
> $ xdvipdfmx test.xdv
> test.xdv -> test.pdf
> [1
> ** WARNING ** Version of PDF file (1.4) is newer than version limit
> specification.
> ** WARNING ** No image converter available for converting file "./ 
> testme.pdf" to
> PDF format.
> ** WARNING ** >> Please check if you have 'D' option in config file.
> ** WARNING ** pdf: image inclusion failed for "./testme.pdf".
> ]
> 3598 bytes written
>
> whereas with the 20071115 snapshot things seem to work:
>
> $ xdvipdfmx test.xdv
> test.xdv -> test.pdf
> [1
> ** WARNING ** Version of PDF file (1.4) is newer than version limit
> specification.
> ]
> 4278 bytes written
>
> There is more detail in the bug report - I am not too sure where the
> problem lies here, and help would be gratefully received.

In my opinion, it is not a bug. In this case you are trying to include  
a pdf image
the version of which is greater than the version of the final pdf to  
be generated
by dvipdfmx. More specifically, if you do not give no other option,  
the version of
the final pdf is 1.4. However, you are trying to include a pdf image  
of version 1.5.

Actually there is no problem in many cases even if the lower version  
is included.
However, I think that it would be better to avoid this situation. So  
the current
dvipdfmx does not allow this situation. Then how to solve it? Just  
give an option
-V5 to make the version of final pdf 1.5. It's simple.

I hope it solve your problem.

Best regards, ChoF.