PDF Export: PDF output reported as being non-conforming to Adobe's specs.

One of our customers is reporting errors with the PDF files generated using the ReportDocument.Export() method. They are using GhostScript to parse the PDF file (here is the error that they are reporting):
cscsoveraprod(amssw)/usr/amssw/prod/ctl/bin> 19391790_CARTER_ICUA_Nursing_Flowsheet_201004241845228256298.                                                         <
cscsoveraprod(amssw)/usr/amssw/prod/ctl/bin> 19391790_CARTER_ICUA_Nursing_Flowsheet_201004241845228256298.pdf                                                      <
Warning: File has a corrupted %%EOF marker, or garbage after %%EOF.
Warning: Encoding not present.
Warning: Embedded symbolic TT fonts must contain a cmap for Platform=1 Encoding=0.
Warning: Encoding not present.
Warning: Embedded symbolic TT fonts must contain a cmap for Platform=1 Encoding=0.
This file had errors that were repaired or ignored.
The file was produced by:
>>>> Powered By Crystal <<<<
Please notify the author of the software that produced this
file that it does not conform to Adobe's published PDF
specification.
cscsoveraprod(amssw)/usr/amssw/prod/ctl/bin> Error: /undefinedfilename in (/usr/amssw/prod/interlink/data/1369021_619391790_CARTER_ICUA_Nursing_Flowsheet_201004241845
228256298)
Operand stack:
Execution stack:
   %interp_exit   .runexec2   nostringval   nostringval   nostringval   2   %stopped_push   nostringval   nostringval   nostringval   false
1   %stopped_push
Dictionary stack:
   dict:1080/1123(ro)(G)   dict:0/20(G)   dict:69/200(L)
Current allocation mode is local
Last OS error: 2
GPL Ghostscript 8.56: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
:wq!
:wq!
According to this error message, it looks like the PDF files generated by Crystal are not compliant with Adobe's PDF specification. I've searched the knowledge base / forums for PDF information but didn't see anything along these lines. The PDF files are viewable through the Acrobat reader.
Thank you for any assistance you can provide.

First place to start with is the designer. Export from there and see if you get the same issue. If you do, create a forum post in the Report Design forum:
SAP Crystal Reports
Also, make sure you have SP 6 for CR 10:
https://smpdl.sap-ag.de/~sapidp/012002523100005985482008E/cr10win_en_sp6.zip
You will need SP 6 runtime also. Search here for the runtime;
http://service.sap.com/sap/bc/bsp/spn/bobj_download/main.htm
Kbase [1218365 - Exported PDFs cannot be edited using the Adobe TouchUp Text Tool|http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.km.cm.docs/oss_notes_boj/sdn_oss_boj_erq/sap(bD1lbiZjPTAwMQ==)/bc/bsp/spn/scn_bosap/notes.do] may be related to the issue you are experiencing.
If none of the above helps, you will have to try this with CR 2008 (12.x) as CR 10 has been out of support for a number of years and no fixes will be released. If you want, you can share a report with saved data with me and I can do the export using CR 2008. You will then have to try to duplicate the issue in Adobe. Alternatively, you can download CR 2008 eval copy from here;
http://www.sap.com/solutions/sapbusinessobjects/sme/freetrials/index.epx
and try the export your self.
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