Bypass content creation - duplex output with odd page number

OL Connect Enterprise DataMapper
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Hi,
We have a PDF file with a dynamic page count for each customer. Some customers have even, and some odd page counts. The entire job should be printed duplex and the option to skip content creation would be perfect, but it does not work as expected.
For customers with event page count generated PDF output is correct, but for customers with odd page count I would expect that Connect add a blank page so that output can be printed in duplex. That blank page is missing and the file can’t be printed as a duplex.
Is there any workaround except using content generation? I know we can use alambicedit to add blank pages before datamapper, but it would require creating another workflow process, which is not acceptable for now. Can we use alambicedit in datamapper preprocessor script of a datamapper?

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Hello @darkovuj,

I assume that there is nothing else to do but involve the Create Print Content Workflow plugin to achieve the desired result.

See this reply for more information.

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A colleague of mine informed me that it’s possible to achieve this by bypassing content creation. This can be achieved by executing the following steps:

  1. Insert a Execute Data Mapping Workflow plugin and apply the following settings to this Workflow plugin:
    • Data mapping configuration: Select your imported DataMapper configuration here…
    • Output Type: Metadata
    • [checked] Bypass content creation
      • [checked] Duplex
  2. Insert a Create Job Workflow plugin and apply the following settings to this Workflow plugin:
    • Job Preset File: Default
  3. Insert a Create Output Workflow plugin and apply the following settings to this Workflow plugin:
    • Output preset file: Select your imported Output Preset here…
    • Output Management: Choose either As defined by Output Preset or Through Workflow here…

As in regards to the Output Preset: Please make sure that the option Imposition is checked under Production Options on the Output Preset page of the Output Creation wizard and that the following settings are applied when creating the Output Preset via the Designer application:

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Tip: Please make sure that the value inserted in the Stack Depth input field need to be higher than the maximum number of pages in the job.