This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by IDRSolutions
Sometimes you might want to duplicate pages in a PDF. For example, when filling in multiple copies of a form. Our Java PDF toolkit, JPedal, makes this an easy task.
In this post, I will show you the three simple steps of duplicating pages using JPedal.
1. Download JPedal
You can download a JPedal trial jar here.
2. Add to your project
For this example, I am going to use Maven. If you want to use another build system, check out the setup page on our support site.
Install the downloaded jar to your local Maven repository:
mvn install:install-file -Dfile= -DgroupId=com.idrsolutions -Dpackaging=jar -DartifactId=jpedal -Dversion=1.0
Add the following to your pom.xml file:
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.idrsolutions</groupId>
<artifactId>jpedal</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
3. Add to your code
Create an instance of PDF Manipulator and call the copy page method.
final PdfManipulator pdf = new PdfManipulator();
pdf.loadDocument(new File("inputFile.pdf"));
pdf.copyPage(1, 2);
pdf.apply();
pdf.writeDocument(new File("outputFile.pdf"));
pdf.closeDocument();
pdf.reset();
Learn more about the PDF Manipulator API.
We can help you better understand the PDF format as developers who have been working with the format for more than 2 decades!
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by IDRSolutions
IDRSolutions | Sciencx (2025-10-22T12:51:34+00:00) How to Duplicate Pages in a PDF in Java (Tutorial). Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2025/10/22/how-to-duplicate-pages-in-a-pdf-in-java-tutorial-2/
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