ps2pdf fails with enigmatic (meaning "useless") error

[Carl Fink <carl@fink.to>]

I'm trying to convert a PostScript file to PDF using the ps2pdf from
gs-common.  Both ps2pdf and ps2ps fail with this set of messages:

Error: /rangecheck in --image--
Operand stack:
   --dict:7/7(L)--
Execution stack:
   %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
--nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
--nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   1   3   %oparray_pop   1   3
%oparray_pop   1   3   %oparray_pop   1   3   %oparray_pop   .runexec2
--nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push
--nostringval--   --nostringval--   1   8   %oparray_pop
Dictionary stack:
   --dict:1121/1686(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:113/200(L)--
--dict:301/452(L)--   --dict:109/112(L)--   --dict:401/455(L)--
--dict:109/112(L)--   --dict:62/75(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Current file position is 9949495
ESP Ghostscript 815.01: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1


This error is of course of no value whatsoever in solving the problem.  The
PostScript file prints fine on an actual HP printer.

I tried every set of options I could think of for ps2pdf with the identical
result.  This does not appear to match any bugs at bugs.debian.org.

The original is in PageMaker so I can't try Openoffice's PDF abilities.

Any ideas?
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Carl Fink                                         carl@fink.to
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