Photoshop CC unable to save as a pdf/x-1a

I'm trying to get buiness cards printed and the company has requested that they be saved as a PDF/X-1A but when I do this its coming up as unable to save due to a program error.  Anyone have any idea what the problem is? 

Can you save a PDF/X-1a from other files?
What are the image’s Color Mode, bit depth, …?
What have you done for trouble-shooting so far?
http://blogs.adobe.com/crawlspace/2012/07/photoshop-basic-troubleshooting-steps-to-fix-mos t-issues.html

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