If your goal is to do away with the special paper (the "disclaimer" stock) and print every page duplex on all regular white stock...wouldn't you have to create the create the PDFs (either concatenated or each original PDF before you concatenate them) in the form:
a1 "blank page" a2 backer a3 "blank page" * b1 "blank page" b2 backer b3 "blank page" b4 "blank page" * c1 "blank page" c2 "blank page" c3 "blank page" c4* backer c5 "blank page" * * denotes print marker to separate into new envelope Otherwise you would end up with a1 on the front of the first page, a2 on the back of the first page, disclaimer on the front of the second page, a3 on the back of the second page and so on wouldn't you? Or is there something in the index data so the print house knows to print a1 and a3, single-sided and a2 and disclaimer two-sided? Erik Pfingsten > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Berk [mailto:jb...@purdueefcu.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 2:13 PM > To: Post all your questions about iText here > Subject: [iText-questions] how would you do..... > > I'm producing statements with iText (and it rocks BTW). I produce a > single PDF for each account and load the PDF into a DB. Then I > concatenate all the statements that need printed into one big PDF file > and give them to a print house, that prints and mails the statement. > Currently, each page in the pdf has some index data used by the print > house to know how to separate the statements into individual envelopes > and to know what stock to print the page on, as certain pages have > disclaimer content on the back side. > > I'm wondering if I could add the disclaimer page on the fly when I join > up the PDFs. Then they could print all pages on white stock and in > duplex. > > The trick is when the individual pdfs are created I would need to > somehow "mark" the appropriate pages, so that when I join them I can add > the appropriate backer page. > > For example, assume I have the following: > Account A with 3 pages that needs a backer page inserted after page 2 > Account B with 4 pages that needs a backer page inserted after page 2 > Account C with 5 pages that needs a backer page inserted after page 4 > > Currently when I cat the statements, I get this: > a1 a2 a3 b1 b2 b3 b4 c1 c2 c3 c4 c5 > > but I'm evaluating if I can do this: > a1 a2* backer a3 b1 b2* backer b3 b4 c1 c2 c3 c4* backer c5 > * denotes my "marker" > > Any hints/tips? > > Jason > > ***This is a transmission from Purdue Employees Federal Credit > Union (PEFCU) and is intended solely for its authorized > recipient(s), and may contain information that is confidential > and or legally privileged. If you are not an addressee, or the > employee or agent responsible for delivering it to an addressee, > you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, > distribution, publication or copying of the information > contained > in this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > transmission in error, please notify us by telephoning (765) > 497-3328 or returning the email. You are then instructed to > delete the information from your computer. Thank you for your > cooperation.*** > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances > and start using them to simplify application deployment and > accelerate your shift to cloud computing. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > Buy the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ > Check the site with examples before you ask questions: > http://www.1t3xt.info/examples/ > You can also search the keywords list: > http://1t3xt.info/tutorials/keywords/ This message, including any attachments, may contain information which is confidential and privileged. Unless you are the addressee (or authorized to receive for the addressee), you may not read, use, copy or disclose to anyone the message, its attachments, or any information contained therein. If you have received the message in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Check the site with examples before you ask questions: http://www.1t3xt.info/examples/ You can also search the keywords list: http://1t3xt.info/tutorials/keywords/
