Unable to print to pdf double copies (to a single file) using powershell

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The reason you're getting a blank file is because you're trying to print a PDF file using the Microsoft Print to PDF printer, but you haven't specified the printer driver to use.

To fix this issue, you can install the Adobe PDF printer driver on your system and then use it to print the PDF file to multiple pages.

Install the Adobe PDF printer driver by following the instructions on the Adobe website.

Change the $printerName variable to "Adobe PDF" to use the Adobe PDF printer driver instead of the Microsoft Print to PDF printer driver.

In the PrintDocument object, set the PrinterSettings.PrintToFile property to $false to print directly to the printer instead of to a file.

Add the PrintPage event handler to the PrintDocument object to print the same page twice.

# Load Assembly
[void] [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Drawing")
[void] [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Windows.Forms")

# Adobe PDF printer
$filePath = "C:\Users\Worksheets\Print Font Type\01-A\A\01-A.pdf"
$printerName = "Adobe PDF"
$numCopies = 2

# Create a PrinterSettings object and set the number of copies
$printerSettings = New-Object System.Drawing.Printing.PrinterSettings
$printerSettings.Copies = $numCopies

# Create a PrintDocument object and set the file name and printer
$printDoc = New-Object System.Drawing.Printing.PrintDocument
$printDoc.DocumentName = $filePath
$printDoc.PrinterSettings = $printerSettings

# Set the printer to Adobe PDF
$printDoc.PrinterSettings.PrinterName = $printerName

# Disable printing to file
$printDoc.PrinterSettings.PrintToFile = $false

# Define the PrintPage event handler to print the same page twice
$printDoc.add_PrintPage({
    $page = $args[1]
    $args.Graphics.DrawImage($page, 0, 0, $page.Width, $page.Height)
    $args.HasMorePages = $true
})

# Print the document
$printDoc.Print()

# Wait for the print job to complete
Start-Sleep -Seconds 10