Distiller error log, cant understand what it means

Question

Im trying to create a postscript file from a booklet created in Pagemaker (yeah i know, but thats what they made it in!).  When I try to use distiller to create the PDF from it, im constantly getting this error...
%%[ Error: typecheck; OffendingCommand: get; ErrorInfo: CharOffsets  fonts/TimesNewRomanPSMT%%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
%%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%
Im sure some font is making this not work, there is some times new roman being used on most all the pages but its just basic times new roman that i always use for everything.  I dont know what this TimesNewRomanPSMT thing is, i dont even see a font called that in the pagemaker file I have either.

Answer 1

An EPS file is a graphics file of the PS type. The wikipedia explanation at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encapsulated_PostScript might help.
When you say you print to a PS file, that set the fonts and stuff in place. Normally with Acrobat, you would print to the Adobe PDF printer. This printer driver creates a PS file that is tailored to PDF production and then calls Distiller to automate the conversion process to PDF. If you want to do the PS process, select print-to-file with the Adobe PDF printer. Then open that file in Distiller and see if you get the same error message. If you are printing to a PS driver and the Distilling, it is likely the setup in that driver where the font embedding and such are defined. I may have misunderstood your post, but that is my take at this point.