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Adobe prints to Notepad error message

Community Beginner ,
Jan 14, 2017 Jan 14, 2017

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Hi. Since the last Windows 10 update, when I try to print a PDF with Adobe 8 from either Word or PowerPoint, it prints a Notepad file instead with the error message below. When I print a Word document with Ariel font, it works fine, but not with Calibri, and almost all my files use Calibri. Please anyone help with a solution to this problem. Thanks.

%%[ ProductName: Distiller ]%%

%%[Page: 1]%%

%%[Page: 2]%%

Calibri-Bold not found, using Courier.

%%[ Error: invalidfont; OffendingCommand: xshow ]%%

Stack:

[80 91 98 92 41 98 66 90 77 63 45 77 91 45 41 90 99 98 45 45 77 91 63

45 99 98 74 41 58 98 66 41 90 77 77 92 45 92 66 90 64 92 98 41 45 93

90 65 98 46 98 87 41 78 98 98 77 92 99 63 73 42 136 93 66 92 41 90

150 90 73 45 98 87 42 90 99 98 41 137 92 42 136 92 66 92 41 90 45 46

41 90 98 46 92 42 63 99 0]

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)

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

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

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Mar 25, 2021 Mar 25, 2021

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This is a totally different issue and is not a bug. It is intended behaviour.

 

The message implies that you were attempting to print a PDF file from within either Adobe Acrobat or Reader to Adobe PDF and that the PDF file was in fact protected! Adobe doesn't allow you to remove PDF file protections by “refrying” the PDF by printing to Adobe PDF!

 

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

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Jun 11, 2024 Jun 11, 2024

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Thank you so much. this worked 

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Aug 01, 2024 Aug 01, 2024

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THANK YOU THANK YOU!

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Jul 30, 2021 Jul 30, 2021

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Hello,

First time ever happened....very disturbing message

Possible synthax error in my word document ? or else ?

Please advise

Thanks

 

%%[ ProductName: Distiller ]%%
OpenSans-Bold not found, using Courier.
OpenSans-Regular not found, using Courier.
%%[ Error: invalidfont; OffendingCommand: xshow ]%%

Stack:
[99 89 91 204 173 127 92 127 204 343 224 174 91 224 205 91 225 203
173 173 204 147 92 203 91 231 224 221 224 204 91 200 90 200 224 91
224 221 225 147 91 89 204 174 0]
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%%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
%%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%

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LEGEND ,
Jan 18, 2022 Jan 18, 2022

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Suggest you don't print to PDF from Word. Instead, use the Acrobat ribbon in Word.

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May 08, 2024 May 08, 2024

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This guy Dov Isaacs is an a$$hole

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Community Beginner ,
May 23, 2024 May 23, 2024

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Never has helpful suggestions 

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Jul 09, 2024 Jul 09, 2024

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I had this problem today (July 2024).

After lots of mucking around, I discovered it was because there were emojis (Segoe UI Emoji font) in the text. Once I removed the emojis it printed to PDF like normal.

 

The error message was:

%%[ ProductName: Distiller ]%%
%%[ Error: invalidfont; OffendingCommand: definefont; ErrorInfo: .notdef --nostringval-- ]%%

Stack:
/Font
-dict-
/TTE56t00


%%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
%%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%

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Community Beginner ,
Jul 09, 2024 Jul 09, 2024

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I have this problem with business emails, which do not contain emojis. Personally, I think it's Adobe and Microsoft not playing nicely together. Every so often the "rely on system fonts" fix will undo and I have to go in and deselect in on my "printer settings" on my computer, which stays longer than deselecting while printing to pdf while I'm in outlook.

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Jul 09, 2024 Jul 09, 2024

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Sorry to hear yours wasn't due to emojis. That was what caused my problem yesterday though.

Did you find a solution in the end?

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Community Beginner ,
Jul 11, 2024 Jul 11, 2024

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The stated fix with through the printing preferences for Adobe keeps the fix longer than any other solution I've seen. Hopefully yours is permanently fixed.

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