I agree with Harro's plan, but suggest you chop the file in half, save to PDF, and then iterate to more rapidly identify the problem area.
-Matt Matt Sullivan technical communication | online training | eLearning twitter: @mattrsullivan phone: 714 960-6840 On Feb 13, 2013, at 7:10 AM, Harro de Jong <Harro.deJong at triviewgroup.com> wrote: > Hi Bill, > > I?ve seen this type of error before, and it can be a pain to get rid of. What > I do to find the cause of the error: > 1. copy only the offending pages to a new FM file. > 2. try creating a PDF of this file. > 3. If step 2 fails: remove one item from the file (one image, or one > paragraph of text, etc), and do step 2 again. > > > Hope this helps, > Harro > > From: William W. Saylor, PE [mailto:wsaylor at earthlink.net] > Sent: woensdag 13 februari 2013 15:51 > To: Harro de Jong > Subject: RE: cannot generate PDF > > Harro, > > Thanks. I do have several imported images (actually MathType > equations) on that page but I have 500 pages of that and this is the only > page where I get an error. > Bill > > From: Harro de Jong [mailto:Harro.deJong at triviewgroup.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 6:04 AM > To: wsaylor at earthlink.net; framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: RE: cannot generate PDF > > This is an error in the Postscript code. There are a few things to check/try: > 1. check page 17 and 18. Are there any Postscript, EPS, Illustrator or > PDF objects on these pages? The problem could be caused by a corrupt image. > 2. Choose another printer driver, then try creating the PDF again. > > > Harro de Jong > Triview > > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at > lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of William W. Saylor, PE > Sent: dinsdag 12 februari 2013 19:22 > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: cannot generate PDF > > I am trying to generate a PDF output on a chapter of a book in FM10 and I get > error messages in the log that are not very helpful to me. Here is the > offending part of the log: > **************************************** > %%[Page: 15]%% > %%[Page: 16]%% > %%[Page: 17]%% > %%[ Error: typecheck; OffendingCommand: ifelse ]%% > > Stack: > {F} > {--dup-- /Encoding --get-- --dup-- StandardEncoding --eq-- {--pop-- T} > {{ISOLatin1Encoding} --stopped-- {--pop-- F} {--eq--} --ifelse-- > {T} {--dup-- --begin-- T 32 1 127 {Encoding 1 --index-- --get-- > StandardEncoding 3 -1 --roll-- --get-- --eq-- --and--} --for-- --end--} > --ifelse--} --ifelse--} > 265 > -dict- > /0 > 0 > /F11 > 265 > /TT110t00 > 0 > > > %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%% > %%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %% > I cannot find any errors on the page in the document. Does this make sense > to anyone? > > Thanks, > Bill > > Saylor Solutions, Inc. > William W. Saylor, PE (v) 719 481-0433 > 20075 Promontory Way (mob) 719 373-3770 > Monument, CO 80132 > wsaylor at earthlink.net > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as matt at mattrsullivan.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/matt%40mattrsullivan.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130213/ec1446eb/attachment.html>