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How do I suppress formatting on a cleardoublepage?

documentclass[a5paper,10pt, twoside]{book}

pagestyle{fancy}

fancyhead{} % clear all header fields

fancyhead[RO]{The College Savings Factor}  %title of the book

fancyhead[LE]{chaptername  thechapter}

%fancyfoot{} % clear all footer fields

%fancyfoot[LC,RC]{thepage}

renewcommand{headrulewidth}{0.2pt}

renewcommand{footrulewidth}{0.0pt}    % 0.0 makes line dissapear

%fancyfoot[LE, RO]{thepage}   

usepackage{nextpage}



begin{document}

Chapter 1

text

cleardoublepage

Chapter 2

text

end{document}

The header formating and page numbers surface on those chapters where the extra page is constructed to push the beginning of the chapter to the odd number page. How can I suppress the formatting and keep the page blank?

I have tried thispagestyle{empty} with no success. My final solution will be to finish the book, and manually insert the blank page via
afterpage{null thispagestyle{empty} newpage } where it is necessary.

Use emptypage package.

documentclass[a5paper,10pt, twoside]{book}

usepackage{fancyhdr}

pagestyle{fancy}

fancyhead{} % clear all header fields

fancyhead[RO]{The College Savings Factor}  %title of the book

fancyhead[LE]{chaptername  thechapter}

%fancyfoot{} % clear all footer fields

%fancyfoot[LC,RC]{thepage}

renewcommand{headrulewidth}{0.2pt}

renewcommand{footrulewidth}{0.0pt}    % 0.0 makes line dissapear

%fancyfoot[LE, RO]{thepage}

usepackage{nextpage}



usepackage{emptypage}   %%<--- add this line



begin{document}

Chapter 1

text

cleardoublepage

Chapter 2

text

end{document}

Two responses, here.

Since nextpage.sty is already loaded, one could just use that multi-feature package. In the following, the original “add this line” line is commented and the nextpage.sty cleartooddpage command is added, as indicated.

documentclass[a5paper,10pt, twoside]{book}

usepackage{fancyhdr}

pagestyle{fancy}

fancyhead{} % clear all header fields

fancyfoot{} % clear all footer fields

fancyhead[RO]{The College Savings Factor}  %title of the book

fancyhead[LE]{chaptername  thechapter}

%fancyfoot{} % clear all footer fields

%fancyfoot[LC,RC]{thepage}

renewcommand{headrulewidth}{0.2pt}

renewcommand{footrulewidth}{0.0pt}    % 0.0 makes line dissapear

fancyfoot[LE, RO]{thepage}

usepackage{nextpage}



%%%usepackage{emptypage}   %%<--- add this line



begin{document}

Chapter 1

text

%%%cleardoublepage

cleartooddpage[thispagestyle{empty}]  %%% <-- this line added

Chapter 2

text

end{document}

Since what’s addressed in both the MWE and the original (2015) Answer are simulated chapters, and since actual chapters have unique features to handle sometimes, an example of actual chapters using nextpage.sty with the book class is also included. Some designs call for “no formatting,” as is the case with the OP. Some designs call for “page number only;” some, “This page intentionally blank,” with or without page numbering. nextpage handles all of these options, as illustrated in the following. Various options are retained as comments that illustrate further customization options.

documentclass[a5paper,10pt, twoside]{book}

usepackage{tocloft}



%https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/142871/how-to-customize-a-brief-table-of-contents-generated-from-tocloft-and-shorttoc-i

%https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/250822/170846

setlengthcftbeforetoctitleskip{0pt} % change space before TOC title

setlengthcftaftertoctitleskip{20pt}  % change space after  TOC title



usepackage[latin,english]{babel}

usepackage{csquotes} % smart quotes



usepackage{fancyhdr}

pagestyle{fancy}



renewcommand{chaptermark}[1]{markboth{#1}{#1}}



newcommand{resetHRule}[1]{renewcommandheadrulewidth{#1}}



newcommand{setHdrFtr}[0]{%

    fancyhf{}%

    fancyhead[RO]{The College Savings Factor}%

    fancyhead[LE]{leftmark}%

    renewcommandfootrulewidth{0.2pt}

    fancyfoot[LE, RO]{thepage}%

    }



fancypagestyle{plain}{%

    fancyhf{}

    renewcommandheadrulewidth{0pt}

    fancyfoot[LE, RO]{thepage}

    renewcommandfootrulewidth{0pt}

    }



newcommand{clrHdr}[0]{

    thispagestyle{plain}

}



usepackage{nextpage}



%%% minor modification to nextpage for even-to-even clearing

makeatletter

renewcommand{cleartoevenpage}[2]{%

    ifoddc@pageclearpage%

    elsenewpagethispagestyle{#2}hbox{}#1

    newpagehbox{}

    fi}

makeatother



usepackage[texcoord]{eso-pic}

usepackage{graphicx}

usepackage{url}

usepackage{lipsum}

usepackage[pagebackref=true]{hyperref}



hypersetup{

    colorlinks=true,

    linkcolor=blue,

    filecolor=blue,      

    urlcolor=blue,

}



setcounter{tocdepth}{1} % -1, 0, 1    



begin{document}

clrHdr

renewcommand{contentsname}{Contents}

phantomsection

addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Contents}

tableofcontents



% odd to odd -- blank

cleartooddpage[thispagestyle{empty}]%  <--- square



% odd to odd -- blank (w/ pg no.)

%cleartooddpage[thispagestyle{plain}]



phantomsection

addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Chapter 1}

chapter*{Chapter 1}

chaptermark{Chapter 1}

setHdrFtr



lipsum[44-48]



% odd to odd -- skipped pg filled (no page number)

cleartooddpage[{vspace*{fill}begin{center}THIS PAGE LEFT BLANKend{center}vspace*{fill}}thispagestyle{empty}]



% odd to odd -- skipped pg filled (with page number)

%cleartooddpage[{vspace*{fill}begin{center}THIS PAGE LEFT BLANKend{center}vspace*{fill}}thispagestyle{plain}]



% odd to odd -- just page number

%cleartooddpage[thispagestyle{plain}]



phantomsection

addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Chapter 2}

chapter*{Chapter 2}

chaptermark{Chapter 2}



lipsum[49-51]



% even to odd -- blank    and

% even to odd -- filled 

% are the same -- there is no blank page to handle

cleartooddpage[{vspace*{fill}begin{center}THIS PAGE LEFT BLANKend{center}vspace*{fill}}thispagestyle{plain}]



phantomsection

addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Chapter 3}

chapter*{Chapter 3}

chaptermark{Chapter 3}



lipsum[52]



% odd to even -- blank    and

% odd to even -- filled 

% are the same -- there is no blank page to handle

cleartoevenpage{some text that won't ever show up}{plain}



phantomsection

addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{A plain PreChap page}

% for no page number

%thispagestyle{empty}

% for page number

thispagestyle{plain}

This is the recto page that was advanced/cleared to.  Typically, there'll be pre-chapter text or graphics on this page.



clearpage



phantomsection

addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Chapter 4}

chapter*{Chapter 4}

chaptermark{Chapter 4}



lipsum[53-56]



% even to even -- blank (w/ pg no)

cleartoevenpage{}{plain}



% even to even -- blank (w/o pg no)

%cleartoevenpage{}{empty}



phantomsection

addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{PreChap Graphics with preceding blank page with page no}

thispagestyle{plain}



%adapted from https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/248829/170846

begin{minipage}[c]{textwidth}

    href{https://ctan.org/lion/files/ctan_lion_350x350.png}{includegraphics[scale=0.75]{ctan_lion_350x350.png}{}}\

end{minipage}



clearpage



phantomsection

addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Chapter 5}

chapter*{Chapter 5}

chaptermark{Chapter 5}



lipsum[57-60]



% even to even -- skipped pg filled (w/ page no)

cleartoevenpage{vspace*{fill}begin{center}THIS PAGE LEFT BLANKend{center}vspace*{fill}}{plain}



% even to even -- skipped pg filled (no page number)

%cleartoevenpage{vspace*{fill}begin{center}THIS PAGE LEFT BLANKend{center}vspace*{fill}}{empty}



% even to even -- skipped pg w/ page number only

%cleartoevenpage{}{plain}



phantomsection

addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{The enquote{cleared-to} verso page, ready for pre-Chap content, with preceding Notice of deliberate blankness}

thispagestyle{plain}



% or, for no page no.

%thispagestyle{empty}



Here is a famous quote by a famous author.



{textit{Famous Author}}



clearpage



phantomsection

addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Chapter 6}

chapter*{Chapter 6}

chaptermark{Chapter 6}



lipsum[70-73]



end{document}