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This bug also affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4.

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #994385 +++

Description of problem:
Running gs with pdfwrite on a scanned and OCR'ed PDF file the invisible text, which is used for copy/paste, is not preserved in the output file.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
ghostscript-8.70-14.el5_8.1

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=all.pdf 201308070*.pdf
2.
3.

Actual results:
Some or all invisible text is missing in all.pdf (depending on the kind of font used in the input files)

Expected results:
All invisible text should still be in all.pdf

Additional info:
See the ghostscript bug for more info. The upstream commit is here http://ghostscript.com/pipermail/gs-cvs/2010-October/011807.html

I've tested the patch and it fixes the issue mentioned above.

Regards,
Simon

This request was not resolved in time for the current release.
Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to
propose this request, if still desired, for consideration in
the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-1343.html