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September 11, 2017
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Printing Error: The Adobe Print Engine has failed to output your data due to an unknown problem.

  • September 11, 2017
  • 2 replies
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Please help! I'm on a tight print deadline!

This issue exists with a book I've compiled. I've tried to print using "Print Booklet", "Print...", "Export to PDF"

I suspect is has something to do with data or tables pasted from excel (or screen caps of images from Excel.) The problem is, that is this whole publication. Like 75 pages of statistics mostly from Excel.

Here is the output from the log:

%%[ ProductName: Distiller ]%%

%%[Page: 1]%%

%%[Page: 2]%%

%%[Page: 3]%%

%%[Page: 4]%%

%%[Page: 5]%%

%%[Page: 6]%%

%%[Page: 7]%%

%%[Page: 8]%%

%%[Page: 9]%%

%%[ Error: ioerror; OffendingCommand: readstring ]%%

Stack:

(› PoÈsKÖn µÐY5Âê2¢ ÷Fmø-êíöYJ

øR½=Ö¤

-mark-

-save-

%%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%

%%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%

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Correct answer

Solved:

The issue was indeed with graphs generated in Microsoft Excel 2016 and pasted from Excel into InDesign.

The fix was to paste the graphs into Illustrator first, then save the *.ai file and insert that directly into the document in place of my graphs.

@Adobe, this is crappy functionality. Extra steps we shouldn't have to endure.

These complaints have existed since 2011 on this very forum. FIX YOUR SOFTWARE!!

2 replies

leem47290982
Participant
November 16, 2017

How did you get those log files?

Correct answer
September 11, 2017

Solved:

The issue was indeed with graphs generated in Microsoft Excel 2016 and pasted from Excel into InDesign.

The fix was to paste the graphs into Illustrator first, then save the *.ai file and insert that directly into the document in place of my graphs.

@Adobe, this is crappy functionality. Extra steps we shouldn't have to endure.

These complaints have existed since 2011 on this very forum. FIX YOUR SOFTWARE!!