Problems Exporting from Indesign to PDF

[stephenww1]

Dear All,

I've just come accross the board, and i'm hoping that someone might be able to help me with a problem.

I have a book that i'm typesetting. The file is about 328 pages, 6*9, and the indesign file is around 6MB. It is plain text, no graphics. This is about 5 times, what i would expect to see for a book this size.

When i try to export it to PDF, the thing always hangs up and takes about 1 hour to write. Usually, i would expect it to take about 1 minute for a file this size.

I've check to see if there are any hidden layers, or transparncies that i might have accidentally inserted, don't find anything unusual. I've also checked to make sure that i didn't convert the text from black into a four color process.

I have tried exporting, printing, and converting the file into a PostScript.

I've tried contacting Adobe, and they have no useful suggestions.

Please please please, does anyone have any thoughts on what might cause this problem?

 

[jimoblak]

Can you post the preflight report here?

 

[stephenww1]

Here is the preflight report.

Thanks.

S.


ADOBE INDESIGN PREFLIGHT REPORT

PUBLICATION NAME: UR .indd

PACKAGE DATE: 4/19/2006 3:58 PM
Creation Date: 4/18/2006
Modification Date: 4/18/2006
SUMMARY

(Show Data for Hidden Layers)

Fonts: 11 Fonts Used; 0 Missing, 0 Embedded, 0 Incomplete, 0 Protected

Links and Images: 1 Links Found; 0 Modified, 1 Missing
Images: 0 Embedded, 0 use RGB color space

Colors and Inks: 1 Process Inks; 0 Spot Inks
CMS is OFF



External Plug-ins 0



Non Opaque Objects :None




FONTS

11 Fonts Used; 0 Missing, 0 Embedded, 0 Incomplete, 0 Protected

- Name: LDecorationPi-One; Type: Type 1, Status: OK
Filename: C:\PSFONTS\DECO1___.PFB
Full Name: Linotype Decoration Pi 1
First Used on Page: 283
Protected: No

- Name: MinionPro-Regular; Type: OpenType Type 1, Status: OK
Filename: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Fonts\MinionPro-Regular.otf
Full Name: Minion Pro
First Used on Page: 3
Protected: No

- Name: NewBaskerville-Roman; Type: Type 1, Status: OK
Filename: C:\PSFONTS\nbr_____.PFB
Full Name: ITC New Baskerville Roman
First Used on Page: 161
Protected: No

- Name: Present-Black; Type: Type 1, Status: OK
Filename: C:\PSFONTS\PRBL____.PFB
Full Name: Present Black
First Used on Page: 1
Protected: No

- Name: SymbolMT; Type: OpenType TrueType, Status: OK
Filename: C:\WINDOWS\fonts\SYMBOL.TTF
Full Name: Symbol
First Used on Page: 174
Protected: No

- Name: TimesNewRomanPSMT; Type: OpenType TrueType, Status: OK
Filename: C:\WINDOWS\fonts\TIMES.TTF
Full Name: Times New Roman
First Used on Page: 349
Protected: No

- Name: WoodtypeOrnaments-Two; Type: Type 1, Status: OK
Filename: C:\PSFONTS\woor2___.PFB
Full Name: Adobe Wood Type Ornaments Two
First Used on Page: 1
Protected: No

- Name: WorldWisdomFont; Type: OpenType TrueType, Status: OK
Filename: C:\WINDOWS\fonts\WorldWisdomfont - regular.ttf
Full Name: World Wisdom Font
First Used on Page: e
Protected: No

- Name: WorldWisdomFont-Bold; Type: OpenType TrueType, Status: OK
Filename: C:\WINDOWS\fonts\WorldWisdomfont - bold.ttf
Full Name: World Wisdom Font Bold
First Used on Page: 330
Protected: No

- Name: WorldWisdomFont-BoldItalic; Type: OpenType TrueType, Status: OK
Filename: C:\WINDOWS\fonts\WorldWisdomfont - bold italics.ttf
Full Name: World Wisdom Font Bold Italic
First Used on Page: 310
Protected: No

- Name: WorldWisdomFont-Italic; Type: OpenType TrueType, Status: OK
Filename: C:\WINDOWS\fonts\WorldWisdomfont - italics.ttf
Full Name: World Wisdom Font Italic
First Used on Page: 355
Protected: No




LINKS AND IMAGES

Links and Images: 1 Links Found; 0 Modified, 1 Missing
Images: 0 Embedded, 0 use RGB color space

- Name: WWlogo title page w text 600.tif; Type: TIFF Grayscale; Status: Missing
Filename: WWlogo title page w text 600.tif
Link Updated: Thursday, January 29, 2004 12:51 PM
File Last Modified:
Actual ppi: 600x600 Effective ppi: 635x600
Complete Name: C:\Documents and Settings\eml.SOE\Desktop\Folders\Essential Sophia\Book 1 Folder\Links\WWlogo title page w text 600.tif
Link Profile: Embedded
On Page 3




COLORS AND INKS



1 Process Inks; 0 Spot Inks
CMS is OFF

- Name and Type: Process Black; Angle: 45.000; Lines/Inch: 70.710



PRINT SETTINGS

PPD: Adobe PDF, (Adobe PDF)
Printing To: Printer
Number of Copies: 1
Reader Spreads: No
Even/Odd Pages: Both
Pages: Sec1:188-Sec1:355
Proof: No
Tiling: None
Scale: 100%, 100%
Page Position: Center
Printer's Marks: Crops
Bleed: 0 in, 0 in, 0 in, 0 in
Color: Composite CMYK
Trapping Mode: None
Send Image Data: Optimized Subsampling
OPI/DCS Image Replacement: No
Page Size: Custom: 6 in x 9 in
Paper Dimensions: 8.5 in x 11 in
Orientation: Portrait
Negative: No
Flip Mode: Off

 

[apepp]

...out of interest, make a copy of this indesign file, change the type to one typeface style, a real basic one like courier or something and try exporting again...

...you could have a corrupt font screwing things up somewhere, fonts can be sensitive things, easily getting corrupted...

...if this is better on export then a process of elimination may be required as to which font is causing the problem...

...you preflight report does mention a missing image too, so update that one in the links palette...

andrew

 

[apepp]

...if still playing up, trash your indesign preferences and try again...

andrew

 

[jmgalvin]

Interestingly, preflight reports 1 linked image-missing. You might correct this so that ID isn't looking for that link.

Also, since you're on Windows, make sure that something else isn't eating up the processor, such as a background app running.

Using OSX 10.3.9 on a G4

 

[stephenww1]

Hi Andrew,

It doesn't appear to be the fonts. I changed them all to Courier, and it had no affect.

I'll try the preferences next. This is what Adobe suggested. I tried to do it yesterday, but couldn't find the file that they said to delete.

Many thanks

S.

 

[stephenww1]

I did try converting the file onto our MAC, and it seemed to work ok. However, as we don't have all of the fonts for the MAC, then i can't pursue that path.

I've got three computers here, and have tried it on all of them with the same results.

I'm using XP with 1 gig of ram.

 

[jmgalvin]

If you have OSX it will use fonts with the ".ttf" and "otf" suffix. You can use those fonts from your windows machines. Type one fonts will not work Windows to Mac.

Using OSX 10.3.9 on a G4

 

[jimoblak]

UR .indd

Could you have found an odd bug with a space in a filename?

Pages: Sec1:188-Sec1:355

What happens if you eliminate the section numbering and just use plain numbering (on a copy of your original file)?