PDF problems

[David Spreadbury]

I suggested that the printer provide more details on the problem because it would appear that their rendering engine doesn't like something...duh... similar to what Distiller does when it encounters an error. Since Alan doesn't get an error when distilling, he would not be able to do more than he has done without some more specific feedback.
 


     On Thursday, May 21, 2015 8:47 AM, Alan Houser <arh at groupwellesley.com> wrote:
   

  This is a vexing type of problem. It may be a non-obvious corrupt graphic or other object. I recommend "divide and conquer", either in FrameMaker 12 or in Acrobat.
 
 - Split the file in half.
 - Identify the half-file that produces the error.
 - Split the error-prone half-file again.
 - Repeat until you've identified the page/object that is causing the error.
 
 As David Spreadbury suggests, if the printer can tell you the page that invokes the failure, start looking there.
 
 -Alan
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 Alan Houser
Group Wellesley, Inc.
Consultant and Trainer, Technical Publishing
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412-450-0532 On 5/21/15 9:21 AM, Alan Salo (Ariens Plant 1) wrote:
  
 
#yiv2191599320 #yiv2191599320 -- _filtered #yiv2191599320 {font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}#yiv2191599320 #yiv2191599320 p.yiv2191599320MsoNormal, #yiv2191599320 li.yiv2191599320MsoNormal, #yiv2191599320 div.yiv2191599320MsoNormal {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:11.0pt;}#yiv2191599320 a:link, #yiv2191599320 span.yiv2191599320MsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv2191599320 a:visited, #yiv2191599320 span.yiv2191599320MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv2191599320 span.yiv2191599320EmailStyle17 {color:#1F497D;}#yiv2191599320 .yiv2191599320MsoChpDefault {} _filtered #yiv2191599320 {margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}#yiv2191599320 div.yiv2191599320WordSection1 {}#yiv2191599320  Hello all,    I have a problem that is perplexing me.  There are two PDF files that our printer cannot compose to get them on the press. They say that the files are unsupported file type or damaged.    As background we send numerous files to them weekly, all using the same process with no issues. It’s just these two. I get no error messages or anything unusual when I update the books.    They are English/French and Spanish versions of the same manual, so share the same graphics. One is 58 pages and the other 32; not huge files. There are five conditions in the books. All but two are turned off.    All graphics are referenced; tif and eps. I’ve gone through the manuals and opened and resaved every graphic but that did not help.    We create in FM12, generate a postscript file and then distill that to a pdf using Acrobat distiller.    Any troubleshooting suggestions would be appreciated!    Alan ____________________________________ Alan Salo | Manager, Technical Publications Ariens Company  | www.ariensco.com (920) 756-4384 | asalo at ariens.com     
 
 
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