Hi Bruno ? (BVBA ?) many thanks for your reply. Both versions (PdfCopy, PdfSmartCopy) have only a single copy of the Form XObject (PdfTemplate) [see below]. Both files have the same size. I am a little bit confused. Based on the answers I have received in the newsgroup I have expected many copies of the template in the PdfCopy version. Do you have an explanation for this ? Only to be sure that I have interpreted your answer correctly: your are not sure whether I can use the writer getImportedPage for my problem ("I'm not sure if the mechanism used by PdfSmartCopy"). Kind regards, Martin
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