Hey everyone,

I have an old EPS logo that was created in Illustrator probably ten years ago (and hasn't been used in nearly that long), but after copying it off the backup CD it's been on, I keep getting errors both placing it in InDesign and opening it in Illustrator.

In Illustrator, it says, "Can't open the illustration. The illustration contains an incomplete or garbled object description. Offending operator:  "  "

If anyone can help out with this, it would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
John

Sounds like the image on the CD is not any good/corrupt. Is it a known good CD archive you have used in the past? Maybe try pulling the image off using a different computer.

I was able to open it after getting the error message, but it's only 2 words

Quote from: david on January 14, 2013, 10:22:00 AMI was able to open it after getting the error message, but it's only 2 words

Some thing happened to me... 

Cheers, John

Try making a new Illustrator file, then placing the old one into it. That sometimes solves problems.

opening it in a text editor says file type is pdf. Opening it in acrobat it's 2 words, that are outlines. A Cust

Quote from: t-pat on January 14, 2013, 10:28:41 AMOpening it in acrobat it's 2 words, that are outlines. A Cust

Yep, that's what I get as well...  :angry:

it's a very special "a cust"...


just make my logo bigger....

See if you can drop it onto Distiller.

Good news, everyone!

I found a grayscale version of this logo on a different archive CD and was able to open it without incident and change it back to Pantone spot colors.   

So thanks for your help and comments/suggestions.

On to the next crisis...   :laugh:

Cheers, John

glad we were able to help!

cheers!

Quote from: DCurry on January 14, 2013, 11:05:57 AMSee if you can drop it onto Distiller.

Tried that -- got a PostScript error... 

After that, I remembered that sometimes I've had success in using Preview to convert newer Illustrator files into a PDF that I'm then able to edit in Illustrator CS4, so I gave that a spin.

Guess what? "Unknown Error -- Unable to open file".   

Cheers, John

Quote from: opsprinting on January 14, 2013, 09:40:27 AMOffending operator:  "  "

Oh ya? I'm an offended operator.

aren't we all?


offended, that is...

or maybe offensive would be a better word

Nothing really offends me. Offensive? Why yes. I don't have many friends.  :embarrassed: