Remove 1st page of pdf file

cragarry · March 30, 2020, 12:16pm

Hello. I am looking for a way to remove the first page of a multipage pdf. I have a workflow that takes a pdf as an input, reads metadata, sorts/groups and separates, and then saves in a folder by “metadata”.pdf. The pdf has a coverpage at the beginning of each document contained within the pdf. I would like to remove the separator page at the beginning of each of the new pdf files.This cover page also has a barcode on it as well. Does someone know how to accomplish this?
Thanks

jchamel · March 30, 2020, 12:59pm

Why don’t you use the Metadata filter plugin to remove those? Since you know there is a barcode on it, you could as well use the Barcode Scan plugin to pinpoint which pages have the barcode and key on this in the Metadata filter.

cragarry · March 30, 2020, 1:32pm

Thanks for the reply. I have tried multiple attempts at using the metadata filter and was unsuccessful in my attempts. It could be the position of the filter but not sure. Once I added it and add the barcode scanner node, it would error on the create pdf node. Also, I guess I am having a problem identifying the correct condition. I will try it again.

Thanks

jchamel · March 30, 2020, 1:45pm

Please post a snapshot of your current process (only the part relating to the PDF manipulation in metadata if the process has many many steps) so I can have an overview idea.

cragarry · March 30, 2020, 2:09pm

I have attempted this with the filter being in multiple locations. One issue seems to be that it strips off the metadata from the upper level so my file naming is not working in the “Send to Folder”.

jchamel · March 30, 2020, 2:33pm

The Barcode Scan plugin should be right after the Create Metadata plugin.

Create Metadata
Barcode Scan
Metadata Filter
Metadata Level Creation
Metadata Fields Management
Metadata Sorter
Create PDF

cragarry · March 30, 2020, 4:21pm

Thanks! I will give that a try. One question, will this still give me the ability to read the metdata from the cover page for the splitting downstream?

cragarry · March 30, 2020, 4:33pm

This is before metadata filter.
This is after the filter.

This seems to breaks the rest of the metadata nodes since there isn’t any data to use.
Thoughts?

jchamel · March 30, 2020, 4:50pm

To keep the value of the barcode, using the Metadata Fields Management, add it at the document level.

The problem seems to be your filter…what did you setup in it?

cragarry · March 31, 2020, 6:54pm

Thanks for your help. I did finally get this to do what I wanted. This gives me what I was looking for:

I was missing something in my previous attempts.