On Sat 29 Nov 2025 at 07:41:54 (-0500), Gabriel Ellsworth wrote: > Knute, if I’m understanding your code correctly, it will generate a > separate PDF file for each numbered copy. Instead, I’m hoping to generate > one single output file, so that I only have to send that one file to my > printer. > > Timothy, your method generates one PDF, which is very helpful.
If you print double-sided, take care that your score generates an even number of physical pages, else your organist's first page will have the choirmaster's last page printed on the back, and alternate members of the choir will be turning their pages at different points in the score. But there is a size advantage in writing one file (if size matters), presumably through compressing duplicated material. I do not know whether the amount of data that flows from computer to printer is reduced, though. The first method avoids the double-sided issue (assuming you don't concatenate the PDFs before sending everything to the printer). Cheers, David.
