Yes, but doing so is not recommended.
If you set the PDF Print Driver with GenPrint and do not use the MultiFilePrint callback function, the system will create multiple linearized PDF files appended into a single file. Acrobat, however, ignores the appended linearized PDF files that follow the first linearized PDF file.
If you use the PDF Print Driver with GenPrint and do use the MultiFilePrint callback function, the system creates a linearized PDF file for each transaction, which is the recommended way of using the PDF Print Driver.
| Note | Linearized PDF files allow for page-at-a-time downloading which reduces the amount of time it takes to display a PDF file. |
To create linearized PDF files, the PDF Print Driver has to have information about the entire print job and this information must be known at the beginning of the print job. The system, however, only has information about the current transaction, not the entire batch so omitting the MultiFilePrint callback function to make the system append the linearized PDF files accomplishes little.
There are, however, a number of third-party utilities that combine PDF files. You can use these tools to combine the individual transaction PDF files into a single PDF file. For more information on the products, search the Internet for the text “combine PDF files.”
| Note | The Customizing PDF Outputs topic in the Output Management Guide ( Previously known asPrinters Reference) contains detailed examples of how to use GenPrint with the PDF Print Driver in both single- and multistep mode. |
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