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• • February 22, 2017 at 11:54 am #92333
    Gopa Campbell

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    I know the topic of distiller has come up before, but from time to time I still need to distill. My problem is that since upgrading to ElCapitan from Mavericks, I get ongoing errors which look like this. Can you help? The same files export perfectly . . .

    Distilling: Test3_BDBD.ps
    Start Time: 2/22/17 at 11:48 AM
    Source: /Users/UserName/Desktop/Tests/Test3_BDBD.ps
    Destination: /Users/UserName/Desktop/Tests/Test3_BDBD.pdf
    Adobe PDF Settings: /Users/UserName/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe PDF/Settings/Standard(1).joboptions
    %%[ Error: Cannot create pdf file: /var/folders/3j/_x91fnmj3dn7dxs8qn98vcbr0000gr/T/AADistiller8235/%%[ Error: ioerror; OffendingCommand: pdfmark ]%%

    Stack:
    /PAGELABEL
    (1)
    /Label
    -dict-

    %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
    TempPDF.tmp ]%%
    %%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%
    Distill Time: 1 seconds (00:00:01)
    **** End of Job ***

  • March 6, 2017 at 5:13 am #92693
    Hopsa Rijnen

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    Exporting your PDF from indesign does exactly the same thing as distiller – and better – because it’s part of the software.
    Distilling the ‘old way’ is … the old way. If it doesn’t work, it’s because the old distiller can’t manage the newer adobe effects and such.

    Why do you need to distill?

  • March 6, 2017 at 8:49 am #92695
    Trish Vergilio

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    My main work is fairly complex books, and from time to time, when I export, the character styles get garbled. I apply style sheets very carefully and with great consistency, but even so, sometimes they get messed up. For instance, in the export it has happened that InDesign has applied a character style to several letters before and several letters after where the style is meant to be, but not to the actual word that has the style applied. This is a bit scary, as I am almost the last line of defense before the book goes to press. In the past, distillling took care of this problem. But I am actually glad to know that export is considered better. I would though, in that case, like to know why the style error pops up from time to time!

  • March 8, 2017 at 7:18 am #92740
    Hopsa Rijnen

    Member

    That’s a ‘headbreaker’ , could it be that the font you use for that style is not suitable for enclosure? (Which would be kind of weird considering the distiller does the job better for you).
    Let me think about this, i hope i can help you out,
    Also try to use the adobe bugreport form. https://www.adobe.com/products/wishform.html

    Greetz

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