# Fan Out One PDF into Personalized Copies and Deliver the Batch

Fill one finished PDF form with a list of records to get a copy per recipient, mark the whole batch with a watermark, split merged output back into individual files, and compress everything into one delivery ZIP.

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## Frequently asked questions

### Can each recipient's copy show only their own data?

Yes — that is what fan-out means. Each record fills the template's fields, so every copy carries one person's values while everything outside the fields stays identical. Verify it by counting outputs against records and spot-checking two copies side by side.

### Should I watermark before or after filling?

After. Watermarking the template would print the same mark underneath or over every copy identically, and a mark applied before filling can end up overlaid by the filled values. Fill first, then stamp the finished copies, so the mark sits deliberately on top of final content.

### Why compress last, and only once?

Every compression pass degrades images a little, so the batch deserves exactly one pass, taken when nothing else will touch the files. Compressing at the end also means the final sizes are the delivered sizes — what you check against the channel's limit is what the recipient downloads.

### I chose a merged bundle — can I still deliver individual files?

Yes — that is exactly what batch splitting is for. Split the merged bundle by page ranges or single-page mode to recover one file per copy, then compress the parts into the delivery ZIP. Check the page arithmetic after splitting so no page is lost or duplicated between parts.

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