Attached is a simple file that demonstrates this. As is, it does not 
leave a blank page. But if you remove the num:nil option from the second 
line of this file, you do get a blank page.

You (probably) need koma-article class for this. (I didn't install 
anything. It just worked for me.) You don't need the images.

-pd

On 2/28/14, 8:21 PM, Peter Davis wrote:
>
> On 2/28/14, 7:38 PM, Nick Dokos wrote:
>> John is correct, I think, although latex's behavior in leaving an empty
>> page does not make much sense to me. Nevertheless, when I reduce
>> the height of the last image to less than about 7.85 inches, the empty
>> page goes away. AFAICT, num: and toc: settings do not affect this
>> behavior.
>>
>
> Thanks, Nick, but I have confirmed that adding num:nil eliminates the 
> blank page, and removing that re-introduces the blank page. No other 
> changes to the .org file were made. I was wondering if LaTeX has some 
> predisposition to handle numbered section headings differently from 
> unnumbered ones as far as pagination.
>
> I'll try to make a simple, clean sample that reproduces it, but it's 
> going to take some trial-and-error testing.
>
> -pd
>

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