PDF Size vs Number of files, why do 10 x 1 page pdf's take much longer to print than 1 x 10 page PDF
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KB DATE: 06/02/2004
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The main reason why this happens is
because of the way the PDF format is structured.
If you have for example 1 image and text on each page then the image is only
specified once in page 1 of the document, the other pages reference this image
rather than having multiple copies of the image throughout the document, this
saves time and space.
The same happens with font resources, the unique fonts are in the first page
they are used then the other pages just reference that font and output the text.
When you split a file into individual pages these resources will be output to each pdf, this makes the prints larger & they then take longer to spool and print.