Can not print to PDF File

[benjelmer]

Hi, I was trying to print an indesign file to a PDF but I received a post script error. After troubleshooting, I found the file that is giving me the error but I am unable to print it from illustrator either. I am getting the same postscript error in both illustrator and indesign. It reads as follows:

%%[ ProductName: Distiller ]%%

%%[Error: 97825 (> 65535) XObject. %%]

%%[ Error: limitcheck; OffendingCommand: showpage ]%%

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

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

I still can not find anything about the error I am getting. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I really need to print this soon, as it is for a portfolio.

Thanks in advance!

[aTomician]

Hello benjelmer​

Not sure if I'm quite understanding - but you say you're trying to print to PDF?  If you want to create a PDF file with your artwork on, have you tried going to File > Export and then selecting one of the PDF presets?  Print to PDF and Export work differently.

Not sure if I've quite understood what you're trying to do though - it might help if you can you tell us the steps you went through to get the above result?

[Monika Gause]

Limitcheck is an error that is typically produced when there are too many anchors involved or the roundness setting is too high.

I haven't seen this error in decades. Is there any reason why you print your PDFs? That workflow is outdated.

[Test Screen Name · Accepted solution]

The advice from Adobe is simple and consistent: NEVER print to PDF from InDesign, from Illustrator or Photoshop. Never. So the message is basically irrelevant. Adobe have made state of the art Save/Export modules for each app and view printing to PDF from these apps as an accidental embarrassment.

[benjelmer]

Thanks everyone! I exported to PDF and it worked just fine. I thought that printing to PDF was the best way to go, but I guess I was wrong.

[aTomician]

I think since the Windows 10 creators update, it includes Print to PDF as standard...  which is great but not for Adobe stuff!  Adobe Creative suite gives you so many PDF options, it's way more powerful then the Print to PDF options.