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I am running Winedt 10.3 along with ghostscript 9.50. I updated all of the miktex packages. I have installed the LaTeXify_102. I can compile to dvi and then to ps, but when I try to use the ps2pdf command, I get the error code 255.

Here is the preamble of my code:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}

%
% Page length commands go here in the preamble

\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-0.25in} % Left margin of 1 in + 0 in = 1 in

\setlength{\textwidth}{7in}   % Right margin of 8.5 in - 1 in - 6.5 in = 1 in

\setlength{\topmargin}{0in}  % Top margin of 2 in -0.75 in = 1 in

\setlength{\textheight}{9.2in}  % Lower margin of 11 in - 9 in - 1 in = 1 in

%

\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.5} 

% 1.5 denotes double spacing. Changing it will change the spacing

%

\setlength{\parindent}{0in}

%

\begin{document}

\abstract{In response to an increase in blood glucose levels, insulin is released into the bloodstream by the pancreatic islets of Langerhans.  As a result of this influx of glucose, the islets start what are called bursting oscillations of the membrane potential and the intracellular calcium concentration.  Time delays of several seconds in the activity of distant cells in the islets have been observed, indicating the presence of traveling waves through the islets.}

\end{document}

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Heather

Heather
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    Try to make a smaller but complete example that can be used for a test. – Ulrike Fischer Jan 17 '20 at 17:07
  • I need to include all of the preamble since I am not sure if something there is causing the problem. – Heather Jan 17 '20 at 17:09
  • @David This used to compile just fine with WinEdt version 9, so something has changed from version 9 to 10 or from the upgrade to ghostscript 9.50 – Heather Jan 17 '20 at 17:14
  • @Heather this didn't compile at all as there is not document body. We can't try your document. – Ulrike Fischer Jan 17 '20 at 17:15
  • I have updated to a minimal code and posted it. There are no pstricks commands and yet I still receive the same error code. – Heather Jan 17 '20 at 17:22
  • your document runs Ok with gs 9.27 I don't have 9.50 so I'll let @UlrikeFischer try that:-) – David Carlisle Jan 17 '20 at 17:25
  • Even with the pstricks package removed I still receive the same error. In fact, I have removed every package and still get the error. – Heather Jan 17 '20 at 17:25
  • @DavidCarlisle miktex shouldn't use an external ghostscript but its own (which is imho at 9.25). – Ulrike Fischer Jan 17 '20 at 17:27
  • When I try to open the ps file, I received the following errors:

    Failed to load C:\Program Files\gs\gs9.15\bin\gsdll64.dll, error 126 The specified module could not be found.

    Failed to load C:\Program Files\Ghostgum\gsview\gsdll64.dll, error 126 The specified module could not be found.

    Failed to load gsdll64.dll, error 126 The specified module could not be found.

    Can't load Ghostscript DLL

     – Heather Jan 17 '20 at 17:29
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    What does mean "try to open the ps file"? What are you doing? – Ulrike Fischer Jan 17 '20 at 17:32
  • I have now upgraded to ghostscript 9.50. I can open the postscript file, using ghostview 5.0, but I still receive the same error when I try to execute ps2pdf in winedt. It seems like this must be an issue in the execution modes. The ps2pdf executable is C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\bin\x64\ps2pdf.exe – Heather Jan 17 '20 at 17:44
  • Try on a command line. And check with where ps2pdf if really the miktex one is used. – Ulrike Fischer Jan 17 '20 at 17:45
  • The ps2pdf executable is in the directory indicated in the executable modes in winedt. When I try to run ps2pdf File.ps I get "ps2pdf: warning: running with administrator privileges" and then no output of a pdf file. – Heather Jan 17 '20 at 17:52
  • I don't have a miktex with a multi user install and I'm not working in a account with admin privileges and I can't reproduce your problem. I suggest that you open an issue at the miktex issue tracker: https://github.com/MiKTeX/miktex/issues. – Ulrike Fischer Jan 17 '20 at 18:12
  • I do not have a multi user install. I am the sole user of this machine and thus the administrator. Can you compile this using ps2pdf and if so, what do your execution modes look like? – Heather Jan 17 '20 at 18:50
  • Github was unable to assist as they indicated that it compiled for them and they were unwilling to assist in diagnosing the issue between miktex and winder. I cannot believe no one else is having this issue. I have uninstalled miktex, winder, ghostscript, and ghost view. Restarted and then reinstalled. This did not fix the issue. – Heather Jan 17 '20 at 20:51
  • The code compiles OK for me under xelatex, lualatex and pdflatex. I've got miktek on windows and the editor is Texworks. Miktek's ghostscript (\MiKTeX 2.9\ghostscript\base) has a ps2pdf script file dated 23-Mar-16. I don't do anything special, and I've never opened a .ps file. At a guess, it might be that your WinEdit is pointing to the wrong ghostscript folder. – Cicada Jan 18 '20 at 11:07

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