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Sometimes when I export an InDesign file to pdf, it will work once, then it will say "Out of Memory" halfway through the export and lock everything up. I am forced to kill both InDesign and Distiller with Task Manager.

I am using "print booklet" with a document preset and a pdf preset.

InDesign CS4 on Windows7 x64, i5 with 16gb RAM and 2gb GPU. I have a RAM meter, but the RAM meter never even reaches 1/4 (lots of RAM).

Like I say, it works once, but locks up the second run. What memory is it out of?

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It could be a bug in InDesign. Did you run updates on it? – Bigbio2002 Jan 14 at 23:36
I have, it's CS4. I don't remember having this problem with CS4 a month ago. – BGM Jan 14 at 23:41
Maybe it's a plugin or other addin. – Bigbio2002 Jan 15 at 0:01

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I believe Indesign CS4 is a 32bit application, so even though your system has lots of RAM, InDesign cannot use more than about 3.5GB. Likely you are seeing a small memory leak that is causing InDesign to use all of the RAM that it can see, and this is causing the Out Of Memory Error.
I know that some portions of Creative Suite install 64 and 32 bit versions (PhotoShop has done this for several versions) But I'm not sure if CS6's InDesign does this or not.

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Yes, it is 32bit. If it were a memory leak, that would explain why the output would work once but not twice. Any clue how to fix it or what is causing the leak? – BGM Jan 14 at 23:45
I have 16gb of RAM on my computer, and 2gb on my graphics card, and I can see in the RAM monitor that there is plenty left. I don't see how it could get "out of memory". – BGM Jan 30 at 15:56

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