When PDFing Document, INDD crashes

[UTHauffant]

I am having a problem with Indesign and I think it stems from the fact that the files are to large. If I attempt to pdf the entire document the process will run for a while get hung up and crash. If I break down the file and pdf portions at a time it works, then I just recompose the document later. Untill now this has been working. I have pages that do not want to print to pdf. Is there a way that I can get around this by printing in a different format and then making a pdf? I am kinda stuck and frustrated.

 

[jimoblak]

It would help to know more about the situation. Your problem could be caused by limited system resources on a large file or it could be an error in the program or construct of the document. Without knowing about your software version, document size, use of transparency, system specs, and type of PDF being generated, we cannot rule out the earlier possibility and focus on the latter.

 

[jmgalvin]

You could try printing a postscript file and then running that through Acrobat pro (Distiller). Choose postscript as the printer and Adobe pdf as the PPD. "Print" that and then go to Acrobat/File/Create PDF/from file, and pick th .ps you just made.

IF that test works, you should open Distiller (Acrobat/Advanced menu) and pick the setting you want (Distiller/settings menu). and then Distill the postscript file.

What I just described is the original way pdfs were made, before things like Export or print directly to pdf.

Using OSX 10.3.9 on a G4