Fonts in linked images cause printing problems

This is not a question as I have already solved this issue, I just wanted to save someone else the time.
Problem: Print job stops half way through document
Error Code: 49.4C02
Printer: HP line (3 different models)
Program used: InDesign CS6 from Creative Cloud
I had printed this job before and never had an issue. Then one day after many textual edits, the PDF stopped printing and would send the printers into a Fatal error which caused them to reboot. I had no idea what had happened or why. All I could remember changing was text. It was printing on some printers, but none of the printers on my floor. At first I thought the file was corrupt, so I resaved it. And resaved it, and resaved it. I saved it out with every type of export setting. I even replaced vector illustrations with crummy jpeg images. Still, not working. My boss is kind of an important guy for the government, so when he started to get upset, we all started to scramble for a solution.
Research suggested that we update the firmware which did not work.
I was suspicious of potential problem fonts, though it confused me as they had printed before. I opened the PDF and went to Properties > Fonts and saw a Type 1 font. Not familiar with this, I Googled it and after reading a bajillion websites, still could not find the answer in removing it.
Now at this point, I had removed all of that font family (Type > Find Font > Replace), exported, opened PDF, still there! WTF, really? InDesign could no longer find this font.
Here's what happened.
Well, because in the new CS6, Preflight is no longer something that you have to manually go to, it works automatically similar to dynamic spell checking. My document did not have any errors, but I knew it HAS to have some sort of error. I went to the Preflight window (Window > Output > Preflight), clicked on the menu tab and went to "Define Profiles...". Well, well, well. Because the 'Default' setting put in place by Adobe does not actively have "Font Types Not Allowed" selected, it was not catching the Type 1 font that was causing a day of wasted IT resources and my sanity.
I made a new Profile, checked "Font Types Not Allowed", checked ALL of the "Type 1" options, saved and let it scan. What's this?! 1 error!? Hmmmm... it was coming from a linked .eps file! I opened the file, I must have forgotten to outline the font during all of the changes. And I'm assuming that because the font was linked via an element, that when InDesign went to export all of the fonts, it did not have access or did not know what to do with the font that was in my .eps file, so what it did was turned it INTO a Type 1 font (or as I learned, a PostScript font) and embedded it along with all of my other fonts into the PDF. Which is why when I was trying to find this font earlier, it couldn't be found because it wasn't IN the document, it was LINKED to the document. This font on its own prints fine, but it gets converted to a PostScript font when it is within a linked element within InDesign.
My whole office did a dance of victory once we fixed the problem. Ridiculous. So I hope now, if someone ends up having the same problem I did, now they know where to look to find the problem! It would have saved everyone here some time if the default "basic" preflight wasn't so "basic".

whitworth916 schrieb:
First off, I was only offering my experience for others who were having similar problems as I did.
3. Thank you for your opinion. But here's an example of when you should, when you pass the document around and others will open it WITHOUT access to any special fonts you used. Yes, you outline then to keep the font. Yes it's uneditable.
I find your response rather offensive. As if I am a complete fool and am unfamiliar with everything you've mentioned.
It is not only my opinion, when someone has not the used font, please export the file to PDF and send the PDF with embedded fonts. That is the way how missing fonts on the recipients computer are handled. In your case it is a logo, ok, as I mentioned before, in a logo I would outline the font too.
With outlining a font, e.g. in InDesign you loose not only the editibility but also automatic numbers and bullets, frame color & stroke with all effects applied on them, paragraph rulers, underline, strike through and many issues more, also missing metrics can cause a different setting (space between letters) after a font is outlined. And it is also impossible to outline automatic placeholder from the master without releasing them, but releasing them can cause a different order of items and will result in different  text wrapping and a changed layout. If you want these things happen, do it.
Maybe that I am offensive, but I never considered you as a fool.

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    Then turn the printer back on and wait 30s. Then add a new printer using ‘apple menu’ / ‘system preferences’ / ‘print and scan’ / “+”). Once you select “+” (add new printer), wait 10-30s for the Wifi Networked Canon MX 860 Series printer to appear in the new window eg Canon MX 860 series (xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx) (Kind: “Canon IJ Network”)
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    You will now have two Printer Canon MX860 (USB) and Canon MX860 (Wifi / Network). Set the Canon MX860 (Wifi / Network) as default and test print and scan
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    Hi, thaks for response, meant to post as a discussion (not question), wanted to save others time if they get the same problem

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