Hi Richard, According to Adobe (Troubleshooting Postscript Errps, http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/328/328515.html) "nostringval" indicates a problem with an element of graphic. Try replacing the graphic on page 54 (or 55?). If that doesn't work, it could be a corrupt font or glyph used on that page.
Best, Baruch Brodersen On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 12:54 AM, Combs, Richard <[email protected]>wrote: > FM 7.2, Win 7 > > I'm trying to create a PDF from a book that has been PDFed many times > before, as recently as a week ago. Since then, I've made various updates > throughout, and something has obviously changed for the worse. Each attempt > to either save as PDF or print to PDF results in the same "serious error" > crash of FM. > > According to the Distiller logs, the job always ends on the same page. I > can find nothing on that page or the one following it that hints at the > problem. The changes in that section, IIRC, were simple text edits and the > removal of a row from a table (maybe some other table changes). > > Neither the backup nor the autosave version is any help (both too recent). > A MIF wash didn't help. I'd rather not recreate that section from the > corresponding one in the previous release (many months and changes ago). But > if I must, I'd like to minimize the portion I need to recreate. > > Thus my first question: It's been a very long time since I had such a > problem, and I can't remember -- is the problem page the last page listed in > the log file or the page after that? > > Here's the end of the log file from the most recent failure: > > %%[Page: 53]%% > %%[Page: 54]%% > %%[ Error: syntaxerror; OffendingCommand: --nostringval-- ]%% > > Stack: > true > > > %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%% > %%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %% > > And my second question: Can anyone shed any light on the error itself that > might help me find the source of the problem? > > Thanks! > > Richard G. Combs > Senior Technical Writer > Polycom, Inc. > richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom > 303-223-5111 > ------ > rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom > 303-903-6372 > ------ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as [email protected]. > > Send list messages to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [email protected] > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/baruch%40technitext.com > > Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > -- B a r u c h B r o d e r s e n T e c h n i t e x t D o c u m e n t a t i o n 5 0 3 8 5 3 5 0 0 6
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