Adobe PDF printer not printing past 180 pages   random garbage characters

I am in IT and I have a user whose PDF printer will not convert docs to PDF past 180-182 pages. It gives her an error about that place in the doc that says there was nothing selected and that none of it was converted when in reality it converted it all (up to 180-182 pages). On top of this it will place random illegible characters throughout the PDF with no apparent order. We've re-installed Adobe multiple times and updated it.
I've looked everywhere to find an answer so I'm now here.

A print to PDF is an entirely different process than using the Save As Adobe PDF. If you use the Save As PDF or XPS, you are using the MS plugin, not the one from Adobe. The results can vary depending on the preferences selected and such. Usually when the print fails it is due to either AcroTray not running or an error from Distiller (and recorded in the log as long as the log is not turned off). If you have a lot of graphics, the print process can run into memory limitations (usually from the TEMP folder issue) due to the initial conversion to PS that can be huge. The graphics are generally not compressed much until they get into the PDF.
If you are having problems with the print process, the first step is to try a print to file. This process creates a PS file (may have a prn extension). If that file is created, the next step is to open the file in Distiller to create the PDF. If there are errors from Distiller, you will see them at this step. Errors are often related to color settings or fonts that cannot be embedded. Maybe that will give you some things to consider.

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