Custom PDF page size errors

When printing to PDF to a custom size of 36x85 or 85x36 the adobe PDF writer doesnt do anything. THis happens from any program I try. If I Select a size of 82x36 the PDF creator with create the file. I can even print 92 x 92 with no issues, just not anything that is 36 x anything greater then 82 inches. This is being done in Windows 7 64 and I cant duplicate this issue 100% of the time in versions 9 and X standard on multiple machines.
The interesting thing is that if i try to print a PDF from within Acrobat 9 or X, it will print 32 x 82 fine, but when printing 85x36 or anything 36 x 82 or greater, it gives me the following errors:
"The document could not be printed"
"There were no pages selected to print"
So my question is, why cant i print to this size? Is there a ratio limitaiton to printing custom page sizes using the Adobe PDF printer?
Any assistance anyone can give me with thsi would be very much appreciated.
--Update--
If I try this same size on a windows XP 32bit machine with Acrobat X Standard it works fine. Not sure what the issue is with Windows 7 64 and Acrobat 9/X in regards to custom page sizes.

Not sure if you ever found a cause to this but I wanted to post my solution here because I've seen may people posting about the same issue and the solution/workaround that you came up with is the exact configuration that causes the  error for me.
After looking through several forums, nothing worked. I'm running XP 32-bit with both Acrobat X Pro AcroReader X trying to plot to an HP DesignJet 800ps. I had never had any problems printing with Acrobat X until our IT dept. upgraded the print server from Win2003 server to 2008R2. I don't believe there were any new drivers installed for the plotter as it's an older model but the hardware/OS upgrade changed how we installed drivers. The technical details are beyond me.
So suddenly, for whatever reason, I'm now getting this no pages selected error. After unsuccessfuly trying several solutions that others reported to work for them I was determined to figure out why it wouldn't work for me.
What I found is probably just another in the handful of workarounds but I'm posting it here just in case it also works for you. In the print dialogue, click the Advanced (print setup) button. In the Output tab(?)/window(?)/area there is a check box default checked on for Use Maximum Available JPEG2000 Image Resolution. I uncheck this box. Back in the main print dialogue at the bottom right there is a Page Setup... button. In there I changed the page orientation to Landscape to match the orientation of my document. I had already specified this in the printer properties window, and in the main print dialogue it was set to Auto Portrait/Landscape (which oddly if I select just landscape it crowds the job to the top left of the page).
Like I said, these were the only two things I changed and it worked so if you're still reading this hopefully it will solve your problem too.

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