CAM::PDF cleanoutput Error

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

when I save a PDF document with this code:

print  "open the original document \n";
my $pdf1 = CAM::PDF->new($doc1);

print "save it to the new location \n";
$pdf1->output($newdoc1);
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I get no errors. However if I use this code:

print  "open the original document \n";
my $pdf1 = CAM::PDF->new($doc1);

print "save it to the new location \n";
$pdf1->cleanoutput($newdoc1);
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I get this error:

Bad request for object 1121 at position 0 in the file
Use of uninitialized value in string eq at C:/Dwimperl/perl/site/lib/C
+AM/PDF.pm
line 4898.
Not a ref at C:/Dwimperl/perl/site/lib/CAM/PDF.pm line 5273.
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In case it is helpful, the getPrefs method returns this list

[
    [0] undef,
    [1] undef,
    [2] 1,
    [3] 1,
    [4] 1,
    [5] 1
]
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Doc1 is a PDF document that opens OK in Adobe reader and professional.

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Re: CAM::PDF cleanoutput Error by GotToBTru (Prior) on Nov 25, 2014 at 15:57 UTC
Did the new() method succeed? Is the value of $newdoc1 what you think it is? 1 Peter 4:10	[reply]
Re^2: CAM::PDF cleanoutput Error by Anonymous Monk on Nov 25, 2014 at 17:13 UTC
I have coded this: `if (!$pdf1) { print "Create PDF failed \n"; GETOUT; }` [download] Where the subroutine GETOUT does some graceful shut down but the code is never executed. I also tried eval with the same non-result. So, it seems the ->new() method returns something and, in the case of the ->output() method, it appears to be something CAM::PDF knows about. Also, even though ->output works in the first case, if I use ->appendPDF later in the code and try to save the result the ->output method will fail with the same error.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: CAM::PDF cleanoutput Error by GotToBTru (Prior) on Nov 25, 2014 at 17:20 UTC
Perhaps the output functions clear out the document in memory? The docs don't explicitly say that, but it seems to match what you are observing. 1 Peter 4:10	[reply]
Re^4: CAM::PDF cleanoutput Error by Anonymous Monk on Nov 25, 2014 at 18:25 UTC
Re^5: CAM::PDF cleanoutput Error by Anonymous Monk on Nov 25, 2014 at 19:02 UTC
Re: CAM::PDF cleanoutput Error by Anonymous Monk on Nov 25, 2014 at 15:53 UTC
Also, other PDFs from the same source do not exhibit this issue. Most load and save without issue.	[reply]