RHEL Ghostscript generates errors when trying to opening a PostScript file encoded in EUC-JP in RHEL5

Issue

• Running gsx to display a PostScript file in a window results in the following error message:

  Error: /invalidfont in --scalefont--
  Operand stack:
     euc-jpdict   fCourier   --dict:17/19(L)--   0.909091
  Execution stack:
     %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   
     %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval-- false 1   
     %stopped_push   1846   1   3   %oparray_pop   1845   1   3   %oparray_pop 1829   1   3   
     %oparray_pop 1723   1   3   %oparray_pop   --nostringval--   
     %errorexec_pop   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   
     %stopped_push   --nostringval--
  Dictionary stack:
     --dict:1148/1684(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:72/200(L)--   
     --dict:59/200(L)--   --dict:11/18(L)--
  Current allocation mode is local
  Last OS error: 2
  Current file position is 16848
  GPL Ghostscript 8.70: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
  

  and nothing is displayed.