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I'm using Control Scripts for combining many pdf files on the same page.

I've written a script like this:

define pdf_page_setup(pagenum) {
if(pagenum == 1) {
setupPage(...,....,0.0,1.0,1.0,0);
setMediaBox(int(...),int(...)); }
if(pagenum == 2) {
setupPage(...,....,0.0,1.0,1.0,1); }
if(pagenum == 3) {
setupPage(...,...,0.0,1.0,1.0,1); }
if(pagenum == 4) {
.....
}

For each file, Pstill do a preprocessing phase ("...is preparated for trancoding...") that is very time-consuming.

Since I often repeat the same file may times (like a step & repeat application), how can I speed up PStill ? Is it possible to let PStill preprocess each file once and repeat it many times ? Does anybody have any suggestion for my script or for command line arguments ?

Thank you very much for your help,

Marco (caciotti@cromografica.biz)

Tip #1 - save to PostScript instead of PDF when you are creating your input files for PStill, and then you'll avoid the transcoding phase! That'll more than half your processing time.

Tip #2 - stamping with a pre-processed EPS:

If your input is PDF already, you can use PStill to 'preprocess' the PDF you are planning to reuse to EPS first (Conversion -> Normalize to EPS...) and use these EPS directly. You can also use the
stamping mechansim to place a lot of EPSs on a single page for 'layout'.

See

http://www.wizards.de/~frank/WP/Control ... PStill.zip

and just use more than one EPS...

I've changed my approach to that you suggested and it works fine !

Thanks so much for your support,

Marco.