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Alex Buisse
Alex Buisse
Inspiring
July 24, 2022
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Illustrator refuses to save as PDF, stuck on"Reading EPS File"

  • July 24, 2022
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Hi,

I am using Illustrator CC on macOS, everything up to date. When I try to save a large .ai file as a PDF, I get a progress bar saying "Reading EPS File" and a spinning wheel, and the process never completes. I eventually have to force kill Illustrator. If I try to save as EPS, I get an error message "Can't save the illustration. Can't print the illustration". I deleted every layer until it would agree to save, and it seems to be the base image it doesn't like, a ~100MB JPG file. I tried resizing it to see if Illustrator liked that better but the result is the same.

 

I searched for similar issues and some people reported issues with fonts and with OOBE but no solution worked. I also restarted computer, Illustrator and Creative Cloud, without any luck.

 

I am honestly at a loss of how to export my file for printing. Any suggestion would be extremely welcome.

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Beste Antwort von Alex Buisse

Thanks for the suggestion. Resaving didn't do much, but I resized the image down in 1000px increments, starting at 33,000px wide. It suddenly worked as I got below 25,000px. Not too sure why, but I'll take it. 

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Jacob Bugge
Community Expert
Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
Community Expert
July 24, 2022

Alex,

 

If it (still) fails without Illustrator editability, I believe it can be worth trying to recreate the ailing base image, maybe by running it through Photoshop and resaving or something, and try again.

 

    Alex Buisse
    Alex BuisseAutorAntwort
    Inspiring
    July 25, 2022

    Thanks for the suggestion. Resaving didn't do much, but I resized the image down in 1000px increments, starting at 33,000px wide. It suddenly worked as I got below 25,000px. Not too sure why, but I'll take it. 

      Jacob Bugge
      Community Expert
      Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      July 25, 2022

      For my part you are welcome, Alex, and thank you for sharing.

      Monika Gause
      Community Expert
      Monika GauseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      July 24, 2022

      So the JPG is 100 MB  on your harddisk?

      That means it is even larger when uncompressed.

      Does it really need to be that large?

       

      What else is in the file?

      Alex Buisse
      Alex BuisseAutor
      Inspiring
      July 24, 2022

      Thanks for your answer. The file goes to an A0 print at 400ppi, so the base image needs to be of a really large resolution. I have dozens of those files, some with even larger files, and have never had issues saving as PDF before.

       

      The file contains some type and a large number of paths. If I delete the base layer, though, it saves the PDF with all the other elements in seconds.

      Monika Gause
      Community Expert
      Monika GauseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      July 24, 2022

      What was different when you were still able to save them?

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