diff -up ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtfnx.c.tiff-fixes ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtfnx.c
--- ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtfnx.c.tiff-fixes	2010-02-04 17:47:57.000000000 +0000
+++ ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtfnx.c	2010-03-16 10:04:00.686600827 +0000
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ tiff12_print_page(gx_device_printer * pd
     TIFFSetField(tfdev->tif, TIFFTAG_BITSPERSAMPLE, 4);
     tiff_set_rgb_fields(tfdev);
 
+    TIFFCheckpointDirectory(tfdev->tif);
+
     /* Write the page data. */
     {
 	int y;
diff -up ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtifs.c.tiff-fixes ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtifs.c
--- ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtifs.c.tiff-fixes	2010-02-04 17:47:57.000000000 +0000
+++ ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtifs.c	2010-03-16 10:04:00.689600292 +0000
@@ -243,8 +243,8 @@ int tiff_set_fields_for_printer(gx_devic
     TIFFSetField(tif, TIFFTAG_PLANARCONFIG, PLANARCONFIG_CONTIG);
 
     TIFFSetField(tif, TIFFTAG_RESOLUTIONUNIT, RESUNIT_INCH);
-    TIFFSetField(tif, TIFFTAG_XRESOLUTION, pdev->x_pixels_per_inch);
-    TIFFSetField(tif, TIFFTAG_YRESOLUTION, pdev->y_pixels_per_inch);
+    TIFFSetField(tif, TIFFTAG_XRESOLUTION, (float)pdev->x_pixels_per_inch);
+    TIFFSetField(tif, TIFFTAG_YRESOLUTION, (float)pdev->y_pixels_per_inch);
 
     {
 	char revs[10];
@@ -293,6 +293,8 @@ tiff_print_page(gx_device_printer *dev, 
     if (data == NULL)
 	return_error(gs_error_VMerror);
 
+    TIFFCheckpointDirectory(tif);
+
     memset(data, 0, max_size);
     for (row = 0; row < dev->height; row++) {
 	code = gdev_prn_copy_scan_lines(dev, row, data, size);
diff -up ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtsep.c.tiff-fixes ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtsep.c
--- ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtsep.c.tiff-fixes	2010-02-04 17:47:57.000000000 +0000
+++ ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtsep.c	2010-03-16 10:04:00.700601143 +0000
@@ -1438,6 +1438,10 @@ tiffsep_print_page(gx_device_printer * p
 	    return_error(gs_error_VMerror);
 	}
 
+	for (comp_num = 0; comp_num < num_comp; comp_num++ )
+	    TIFFCheckpointDirectory(tfdev->tiff[comp_num]);
+	TIFFCheckpointDirectory(tfdev->tiff_comp);
+
         /* Write the page data. */
 	for (y = 0; y < pdev->height; ++y) {
 	    code = gdev_prn_get_bits(pdev, y, line, &row);
@@ -1603,6 +1607,9 @@ tiffsep1_print_page(gx_device_printer * 
 	if (line == NULL || unpacked == NULL || dithered_line == NULL)
 	    return_error(gs_error_VMerror);
 
+        for (comp_num = 0; comp_num < num_comp; comp_num++ )
+	    TIFFCheckpointDirectory(tfdev->tiff[comp_num]);
+
         /* Loop for the lines */
 	for (y = 0; y < pdev->height; ++y) {
 	    code = gdev_prn_get_bits(pdev, y, line, &row);