Hi all, this is most probably a pdfetex question, but I don't feel like subscribing to a new list to have it answered. I get the error message: Error: pdfetex (file ./rimg0016.jpg): reading JPEG image failed on a \useexternalfigure definition and \externalfigure call. Typing "file rimg0016.jpg" gets me "rimg0016.jpg: JPEG image data, EXIF standard 0.77, 42 x 0" and the file is shown as expected by "display rimg0016.jpg". This all happens under a TeXLive 7 distribution on a Debian Woody Linux box. Any ideas how I have to convert the files to please pdfetex? Greetings Johannes -- Johannes Hüsing There is something fascinating about science. One gets hannes@ruhrau.de such wholesale returns of conjecture from such a trifling investment of fact. Mark Twain