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WindyDave
Participant
February 19, 2019
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Postscript Crashing since last update (Acrobat Pro DC)

  • February 19, 2019
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Hi Guys,

Since the last update (2019.010.20091), my team and I have been having issues with our PDFs not postscripting, causing distiller to crash.

As background, we use another program (Nitro) to combine a range of documents, email messages, text files etc into a single PDF. We then open the PDF in outlook and save as a Postscript, and then use the postscript to create a usable file. The reason we use postscript is that not doing so interferes with another plugin we use for redacting information.

Prior to last week, which I can only attribute to the 2019.010.20091 update, this worked just fine. The key sticking point seems to be when an outlook .msg file has been converted to PDF by Nitro. (as in PDFs without those emails will postscript fine, emails with them in will crash)

We use Nitro because Adobe doesn't support bulk convert/combining outlook .msg files, and these are a substantial portion of the documents we deal with.

This is extremely frustrating, nothing has changed on our end in terms of process or software, other than Adobe breaking things.

Apologies if this is not in the right section, it's the one that made the most sense to me.


The error given is below:

The problem occurs across multiple computers, with multiple combinations of documents, the commonality appears to be where the outlook files were involved.

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Correct answer Dov Isaacs

Today, April 9, Adobe released an update to Acrobat 2015, Acrobat 2017, and Acrobat DC that fixes the Distiller problem that appeared with the last update.

Please update your copies of those Acrobat versions and the Distiller problems should be resolved!

          - Dov

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Dov Isaacs
Dov IsaacsCorrect answer
Legend
April 9, 2019

Today, April 9, Adobe released an update to Acrobat 2015, Acrobat 2017, and Acrobat DC that fixes the Distiller problem that appeared with the last update.

Please update your copies of those Acrobat versions and the Distiller problems should be resolved!

          - Dov

- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
Participant
April 9, 2019

I updated Acrobat and was able to create a ps and distill one of the files that was erroring before. Thank you.

jakef65631490
Participant
April 7, 2019

I'm getting the same crash running Distiller 19.010.20091 on 10.14.4 mac. Can I get a patch please?

Thanks!

Participating Frequently
April 2, 2019

Experiencing a similar problem.

Creating postscript files from Indesign CS6 & XMPie V6.0.1 Build 6175

After the latest update Distiller (19.010.20091) crashes around 2,400 pages. Different files, different fonts, different data always about this point.

Restored an older version of Distiller (17.009.20044) and it converts the entire postscript with no issue (8,200 pages)

OS is 10.13.6

Participating Frequently
April 1, 2019

I used the patch, re-booted and Distiller opened like normal. I did not try to use it but was just glad it finally opened. I shut down the computer over the weekend and now it is back to crashing when opening. AND I can't use the patch again because now it does not recognize Acrobat as an application. SO...no updating. What is going on here????

Meenakshi Negi
Community Manager
Community Manager
April 1, 2019

Hi Daved,

Could you please confirm the application version and OS on the machine?

You may take help of the help document (to check the application version) provided over here Identify the product and its version for Acrobat and Reader DC

We will be waiting for your response.

Regards,

Meenakshi

Participant
March 28, 2019

Hi,

I have the same issue.  Is it possible to get the patch?

Thanks!

Participating Frequently
March 27, 2019

Does anyone have a link to this patch?  Have not had any response.

Dov Isaacs
Legend
March 27, 2019

It is not a publicly-available patch. You have to personally request it from Adobe. The fix will (supposedly) occur with the next quarterly update of Acrobat.

          - Dov

- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
Participating Frequently
March 27, 2019

Yes.  Been trying to contact Meenakshi, but no response unfortunately.

nicku6186737
Participant
March 13, 2019

Hello,

We are experiencing the issue with Adobe Acrobat in Creative Cloud as well, can I request an email with the patch?

Thank you

Inspiring
March 13, 2019

To confirm: Our writer who reported this issue has verified that the patch fixes it.

Inspiring
March 8, 2019

To add to this discussion:  We have seen this as well when distilling docs containing EPS graphics from FM10 and FM2017 using Save as PDF.  It may relate to EPS files with specific characteristics, as the example document I used for troubleshooting caused Distiller to crash three times in the course of processing although it contained many more than three EPS graphics.

The temporary workaround we used was to replace C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrodistdll.dll dated, as I recall, 1/31/2019 with an earlier version (dated 6/29/2018).  Hopefully the next Distiller DC update will contain a fix for this problem.

(I'm also posting this to the other two similar threads of which I'm aware in case folks aren't following all of them.)

Meenakshi Negi
Community Manager
Community Manager
March 8, 2019

Hi All,

We have sent you an email with the fix patch for this issue.

Please check your inbox and install the patch provided in that email.

Let us know if you experience any issue.

Regards,

Meenakshi

ExcellusUser
Participant
March 11, 2019

We are experiencing this same issue, where can I obtain this fix patch?

Participating Frequently
February 19, 2019

I have had similar issues.  My process is a bit more simpler.  I use Distiller to convert a Postscript file to a PDF, by opening Distiller and dropping in a batch of PS files.  Everything was working up until Feb 12.  The next time I tried it on Feb 15, the Distiller was crashing as soon as I tried to run the process.

I have tried rolling back any Windows updates, but there are still crashes with Distiller.

It is not happening to PS files that have been recently created.  I have tried running PS files that were processed successfully prior to Feb 12 and those have caused Distiller to crash.

What I have discovered over the weekend, is that Distiller XI and below are working fine.   My company had an old copy of Adobe 6, so that is what I am using for now.  Until there is an update by Adobe, going back to old version of Distiller is the work around I have found so far.

Meenakshi Negi
Community Manager
Community Manager
February 20, 2019

Hi Marvini,

Thank you for reporting the issue.

Would you mind sharing the following details with us?

- Acrobat and Distiller version.

- OS installed on the machine.

- Please share some sample files of the PDF and postscript that you have created.

- Share the exact steps you perform.

We will be waiting for your response.

Regards,

Meenakshi

Participating Frequently
February 20, 2019

Hi Meenakshi,

I have tried

Acrobat/Distiller versions:

DC    (crashes on Windows 10 and 7)

2017 (crashes on Windows 10 and 7)

version 11  (works ok on Windows 10 and 7)

version 9 (works ok on Windows 10 and 7)

version 6 ( works ok on Windows 10 and 7)

I double click on the Post script files and it crashes.

I have opened Distiller and dragged and dropped files into the window and it crashes.

As for sample postscript files, I think you can try any Postscript file and you will find it crashes.