==== //depot/Build/source.development/TeX/texk/dvipsk/output.c#3 - /space/rokicki/texwork/Build/source.development/TeX/texk/dvipsk/output.c ====
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                           *   or end data, and hope we get it right.  Really
                           *   the file is malformed.
                           */
!                         if (strncmp(possibleDSCLine, "%%BeginBinary", 13) == 0)
!                            scanForEnd = "%%EndBinary" ;
!                         else
!                            scanForEnd = "%%EndData" ;
                       }
                       while ('0' <= *p && *p <= '9') {
                          size = size * 10 + *p - '0' ;
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                           *   or end data, and hope we get it right.  Really
                           *   the file is malformed.
                           */
!                         scanForEnd = "Yes" ;
                       }
                       while ('0' <= *p && *p <= '9') {
                          size = size * 10 + *p - '0' ;
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                       }
                       while (*p && *p <= ' ')
                          p++ ;
+                      if (*p == 'h' || *p == 'H')
+                         /*
+                          *   Illustrator 8 and 9 have bogus byte counts
+                          *   for hex data.  But if it is hex, we assume
+                          *   that it is safe to use ASCII scanning, so
+                          *   we do so.
+                          */
+                         scanForEnd = "Yes" ;
                       while (*p > ' ') /* ignore Hex/Binary/ASCII */
                          p++ ;
                       while (*p && *p <= ' ')
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                          } else
                             ungetc(c, f);
                       }
+                      if (scanForEnd != 0) {
+                         if (strncmp(possibleDSCLine, "%%BeginBinary", 13) == 0)
+                            scanForEnd = "%%EndBinary" ;
+                         else
+                            scanForEnd = "%%EndData" ;
+                      }
                       if (scanForEnd == 0) {
                          if (strncmp(p, "lines", 5) != 0 &&
                              strncmp(p, "Lines", 5) != 0) {