diff --git a/src/job.cc b/src/job.cc
index cc8e201..f5863cd 100644
--- a/src/job.cc
+++ b/src/job.cc
@@ -73,10 +73,12 @@ void job::write_page_header() {
   fprintf(out_, "@PJL SET PAGEPROTECT = AUTO\n");
   fprintf(out_, "@PJL SET ORIENTATION = PORTRAIT\n");
   fprintf(out_, "@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE = PCL\n");
+
+  fputs("\033E", out_);
+  fprintf(out_, "\033&l%dX", std::max(1, page_params_.num_copies));
 }
 
 void job::encode_page(const page_params &page_params,
-                      int num_copies,
                       int lines,
                       int linesize,
                       nextline_fn nextline) {
@@ -95,8 +97,6 @@ void job::encode_page(const page_params &page_params,
   block.add_line(encode_line(line));
   std::swap(line, reference);
 
-  fputs("\033E", out_);
-  fprintf(out_, "\033&l%dX", std::max(1, num_copies));
   fputs("\033*b1030m", out_);
 
   for (int i = 1; i < lines && nextline(line.data()); ++i) {
diff --git a/src/job.h b/src/job.h
index e3e6d5d..69047a9 100644
--- a/src/job.h
+++ b/src/job.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <string>
 
 struct page_params {
+  int num_copies;
   int resolution;
   bool economode;
   std::string sourcetray;
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@ struct page_params {
   std::string papersize;
 
   bool operator==(const page_params &o) const {
-    return resolution == o.resolution
+    return num_copies == o.num_copies
+      && resolution == o.resolution
       && economode == o.economode
       && sourcetray == o.sourcetray
       && mediatype == o.mediatype
@@ -46,7 +48,6 @@ class job {
   ~job();
 
   void encode_page(const page_params &params,
-                   int num_copies,
                    int lines,
                    int linesize,
                    nextline_fn nextline);
diff --git a/src/main.cc b/src/main.cc
index 32d46ee..284d328 100644
--- a/src/main.cc
+++ b/src/main.cc
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ page_params build_page_params() {
   };
 
   page_params p = { };
+  p.num_copies = header.NumCopies;
   p.resolution = header.HWResolution[0];
   p.economode = header.cupsInteger[10];
   p.mediatype = header.MediaType;
@@ -182,7 +183,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         dump_page_header(header);
       }
       job.encode_page(build_page_params(),
-                      header.NumCopies,
                       header.cupsHeight,
                       header.cupsBytesPerLine,
                       next_line);