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l ...and step 5 filters out the first page (which means the Metadata unselects the first Data
Page, in effect "hiding" it from the Print Output task).
l Step 6 prints the PDF to a printer. When printing a PDF file in passthrough mode, the
Metadata is inspected to determine which pages should print or not. In this case, Page 1
is unselected in the Metadata, therefore the printer receives the job starting from Page 2,
which is exactly what you want.
l Step 7 prints the entire PDF since no separator page was found.
Now here comes the issue:
l The process moves back up to Task 2 in order to process the second split of the original
PDF. The Metadata file still exists in the process! So far, it doesn't impact the rest of the
process… but wait…
l Let's say in step 3 no separator page is found on page 1 of the second split PDF.
l Step 7 prints that second split PDF… but page 1 is unselected in the Metadata (because
the Metadata was carried over from the last split!) so at the very least, you will be missing
one page. If the second split has more pages than the first one, other pages at the end will
get missing as well, as the Metadata doesn't know about it. Or if it has less pages than the
first one, the last pages will be blank.
To avoid running into the issue, you should use the "Create Metadata" on page559 task to re-
create the Metadata immediately after every split, thus ensuring that the process cannot, in
either branch of the condition, be using the Metadata from the previous split.
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