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I'm having problems with the margins and "sidedness" of blank pages in my document. The page following a blank page has the same "sidedness" as the blank page, when it should switch on every page. For example, the title page has a larger left inner margin (for binding), the following blank page has a larger right inner margin, and the page following that SHOULD have a larger left inner margin (but it also has a larger right inner margin).

Here's a MWE with important part of the preamble and other relevant parts.

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,twoside,openright]{report}

%% LOAD PACKAGES %%
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[main=english,german]{babel}
\usepackage{geometry}       % page margins ([showframe] for visble margins)
\usepackage[english,linktocpage=true]{hyperref}
\usepackage{afterpage}                                  % command for blank pages


%% FORMATTING %%
\geometry{                      % format page margins
    left=2.6cm,
    right=2.6cm,
    top=2cm,
    bottom=2cm,
    includeheadfoot,
    showframe,
    bindingoffset=.5cm              %%% remove for digital copy
}


\newcommand{\blankpage}{                        % for blank pages           https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/331064/create-a-blank-page
    \null
    \clearpage
    \thispagestyle{empty}
    \addtocounter{page}{-1}
    \hypersetup{pageanchor=false}%
    \newpage
}


%% START DOCUMENT %%


\begin{document}


Here's my title page
    \newpage
    {\blankpage\clearpage}                                  %%%
Here's my dediction page
    \afterpage{\blankpage\clearpage}            %%%
    \newpage 
    \thispagestyle{plain}
Here's my table of contents
    \newpage 
    \thispagestyle{plain}
Here's my wonderful quote
    \afterpage{\blankpage\clearpage}            %%%


% ...and so on




\end{document}
SP1
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    why using \afterpage here? You have specified the left and right margins with geometry to be the same on odd or even pages so ther isn't much difference between od an even, also \addtocounter{page}{-1} looks wrong and will account for your main issue as that will force two adjacent pages to have the same number (even if not printed) so have the same page settings. – David Carlisle Mar 03 '22 at 12:41
  • There is no difference between odd and even pages. Left and right pages should differ in their bindingoffset by .5cm. – SP1 Mar 03 '22 at 13:04
  • I have removed \addtocounter{page}{-1} and it helps, but it still doesn't resolve it completely. – SP1 Mar 03 '22 at 13:05
  • Without \afterpage the \blankpage command sometimes does show up in the correct spot. – SP1 Mar 03 '22 at 13:07
  • I'd be grateful for clarification on the difference between \clearpage, \newpage, and the use of \. – SP1 Mar 03 '22 at 13:23
  • afterpage can't be the right thing here (I wrote that package and I'd never use it like that) \clearpage is \newpage but forces out any pending floats (figure, tables, ...) so they do not go past that point, so there is no differenc in the code shown that has no floats. – David Carlisle Mar 03 '22 at 14:05

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You can use this syntax to force creating empty pages:

\newpage
\
\newpage

or put it a command as such:

\def\blankpage{%
\newpage
\
\newpage}

Then call it with \blankpage{}

Kalaschnik
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