Create a pdf document consisting of blank numbered pages

The following link will create a pdf document which consists of blank consecutively numbered pages. The default settings will create a 100 page letter size (8.5x11in) document with pages numbered 0001 through 0100 in the lower right corner.

The primary use is to create scratch paper for doing research. Even after the pages have been jumbled on a desk, they can easily be placed back in order. To create the numbered paper, just send the pdf document to a printer.

Page numbers to generate
 First page number:
 Number of pages:
 Paper dimensions
 Width:inches (or mm)
 Height:inches (or mm)
 Margin:inches (or mm)
 Side margin:inches (or mm)

use metric dimensions
Number format
 Font size: points
 Minimum number of digits to print:
Top page number
  Left Center Right None
  Print upside-down
Bottom page number
  Left Center Right None
  Print upside-down

Download the source

The CGI program that generates the pdf document is a perl script named pages.pl. It can also be run from the command line using the GNU long argument format. Run ./pages.pl --help from the command line to see all of the possible arguments, along with their default values.

Download pages.pl here.

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