Remove accidental blank pages before the print shop quotes perfect binding

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Duplex scanners insert empty leaves—those sheets still count toward spine thickness and price.

Marketing exports year-in-review PDFs from InDesign, then inserts scanned thank-you letters. Duplex scanners often insert blank pages that inflate page counts. Removing those indexes before requesting quotes prevents surprises when the shop calculates spine width for perfect binding.

Removing blank pages from a print-ready PDF
Scroll quickly in thumbnail view to spot empty spreads before deleting ranges.

Preserve intentional blanks

Chapter dividers may be intentionally empty—confirm with design before bulk deleting “blank” pages.

LovePDF remove pages

Use Remove pages after thumbnail review, then re-upload to your printer’s portal.

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