In addition to Stuart's list, the OS is pretty important, as is the amount of RAM and free disk space.
For example, if you're running XP but haven't applied the Microsoft HotFix for PostScript printers... that would be an obvious point of failure. Same thing if your "large file" doesn't have the temporary space on the hard drive required to generate several sets of PS and PDF files. Is the file failing to PDF at a particular point in the file, or at different points, randomly? Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 I support www.TheGrotonLine.com, hyperlocal news for Groton MA. On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Stuart Rogers <srogers at phoenix-geophysics.com> wrote: > On 13/08/2011 11:58 AM, Cal Callahan wrote: >> >> It's one large .fm file, not a book. Even with the pdf job option >> (theoretically) saved and selected, I can't get a pdf file using either >> save as or print to. Two of my cohorts also had no luck with the file. >> >> There are unresolved cross-references and there are references to images >> I thought I had removed and replaced with images imported into the file. >> Could either (or both) of those be causing my problems? If not, what? >> >> Willing to try even the least likely solutions before going through the >> arduous and odious task of basically rebuilding the entire file. >> >> One suggestion was to turn off the images and try printing again. I'm >> not in the office today, but that's the first thing I'll try when I go >> in. Any other thoughts? >> >> > > More details please. ?What exactly happens when you try to produce the PDF? > ?Any error messages? ?Can you print to file and distill from there? ?Are you > using Acrobat Pro or just Distiller? ?Are the fonts licensed for embedding > and the job options set to fail if not? ?Are all your programs fully > patched? > > Yes, you should definitely clean up unresolved references before printing, > but I don't think they would cause a PDF failure if you've successfully > opened the file. ?(They could cause a fail if you were printing from a book > without having opened all files first.) > > HTH, > > Stuart > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >