Convert Transparent PDF-Files (PDF/X-4) to either Image or PDF/X-1

Question

Currently we are using Ghostscript to convert CMYK-PDFs to RGB-Jpegs. Works (more or less) flawless. But during the last few weeks an increasing number of PDF-files with transparency creep up that will not be rendered correctly with our ghostscript.

So does anyone have an Idea on how to render these PDF-Files to either an image (format does not matter) or reduce the transparency so that the PDF-files comply to the PDF/X-1 standard. These files can then be rendered through our ghostscript.

A solution should be system-independent and either be accessible via an API or CLI.

The PDF-Files in question are PDF/X-4 standard PDFs containing transparency.

Ghostscript is version 9.06

Any Ideas?

Answer 1

idea #1: Please report the bugs! If we don't know about them we can't fix them.....

You can report bugs at http://bugs.ghostscript.com