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Is there a limit to the number of files that can be batch processed?

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2010-04-17 05:26:02
Shinano
Registered: Apr 15 2010
Posts: 2

Hi!

When I batch processed some 4500 files, adding watermarks to them, I noticed that sometimes the watermarks were not added correctly. That is, the watermark was not inserted.

I had defined a simple text watermark in Adobe Acrobat Pro, saved it, and used that for batch processing.

However, if I processed around 100 files at a time, the pre-set watermark, would some times get "corrupted" an not show up in the post-processed files. Adobe told that the watermark was there, but in no way was it to be seen or printed. Eventually, I had to delete the pre-defined watermark I had created, and then define it again.

Has anybody else experienced this problem? And, is there an upper limit to the number of files that can be processed at a time in Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro?

Thank you very much in advance.

Shinano

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.1, Windows
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2010-04-19 05:27:32
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try67
Expert
Registered: Oct 30 2008
Posts: 2398
I don't know of any official limit, but Acrobat's memory allocation functions are quite bad and the application will often hang or crash when batch processing a large amount of files (the actual amount depends on the complexity of the batch process, the size of the files and the computer settings such as amount of RAM, how many other programs are opened, etc.)
However, I never encountered the batch working on some files and not on others in such cases. It usually just hangs or crashes all together.
If the batch completes but not all files were processed I will look for another cause.

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