Hi, When I process: \pdfcompresslevel=0 \immediate\pdfobj stream {xx} \end pdftex reports 0 paes bug produces a faulty pdf file that looks like: %PDF-1.5 %ÐÔÅØ 1 0 obj << /Length 2

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stream xx

so, apart from content ending up in a file with no pages, the object is also faulty (no endstream) (version: This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.3-2.2 (Web2c 7.5.5)) maybe this is already solved Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------