strange output from pdf extracts

[s_m_b]

Whilst our ifilter appears to be working ok - its pulling documents out -
the extract (characterization) appears to be mangled, or perhaps just not
getting converted:

PDF-1.3 ???? 44 0 obj Linearized 1 O 46 H [ 1354 398 ] L 113568 E 82643 N 4
T 112570 endobj xref 44 46 0000000016 00000 n 0000001267 00000 n 0000001752
00000 n 0000001974 00000 n 0000002225 00000 n 0000002643 00000 n 0000003226
00000 n 0000003450 00000 n 0000003850 00000 n 0000004066 00000 n 00000

is a sample from a pdf doc.

Office docs seem unaffected by this, and until a while ago, the pdfs were
ok too.

I've installed ifilter 6 recently - would that be having any effect?

system is w2k/IIS5, with content based in acrobat v3 to v6 + word, excel,
etc
using ixsso.query/ixsso.util for the engine

[Hilary Cotter]

Is this a problem with all pdf's or just a few of them. It could be that the
problem pdf's are largely binary. Use filtdump to determine if they are.
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Post by s_m_b
Whilst our ifilter appears to be working ok - its pulling documents out -
the extract (characterization) appears to be mangled, or perhaps just not
PDF-1.3 ???? 44 0 obj Linearized 1 O 46 H [ 1354 398 ] L 113568 E 82643 N 4
T 112570 endobj xref 44 46 0000000016 00000 n 0000001267 00000 n 0000001752
00000 n 0000001974 00000 n 0000002225 00000 n 0000002643 00000 n 0000003226
00000 n 0000003450 00000 n 0000003850 00000 n 0000004066 00000 n 00000
is a sample from a pdf doc.
Office docs seem unaffected by this, and until a while ago, the pdfs were
ok too.
I've installed ifilter 6 recently - would that be having any effect?
system is w2k/IIS5, with content based in acrobat v3 to v6 + word, excel,
etc
using ixsso.query/ixsso.util for the engine