Actual page number (and total number of pages) in the handout

Question

I am trying to print out page number/total number of pages in the handout that I get from this code: This is my MWE:

\documentclass[11 pt, handout,xcolor=pdftex,x11names,table]{beamer}
\mode<beamer>{\usetheme{CambridgeUS}}
\usepackage{pgfpages}
\pgfpagesuselayout{2 on 1}[letterpaper,border shrink=10mm]
\pgfpageslogicalpageoptions{1}{border code=\pgfusepath{stroke}}
\pgfpageslogicalpageoptions{2}{border code=\pgfusepath{stroke}}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{First}
\begin{itemize}
\item check1
\item check 2
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
Text 1
\end{frame}

\end{document} 

I'd like to modify the code in a way that I can add (ideally) header and footer (OR at least page #/# of pages) in the right bottum corner. Is it possible?

Answer 1

Here is an example using the package pdfpages that I used in order to do handouts.

First, run your beamer document with handout option and call it prep_handout.pdf for example. Then run this tex file to create the handout with several frames per page. Here I used fancyhdr in order to manage the headers/footers.

Although you must create a new tex file, pdfpages package and the includepdf command give you plenty of options. Here the key option is the pagecommand option.

\documentclass[a4paper,landscape]{article}

\usepackage[top=2cm, left=1cm, bottom=2cm, right=1cm]{geometry}

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhead{}
\fancyhead[L]{\itshape\sffamily left header}
\fancyhead[R]{right header}
\fancyfoot{}
\fancyfoot[C]{\thepage}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.5pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}

\usepackage{pdfpages}

\begin{document}
\includepdf[pages=44-55,nup=2x2,frame=true,pagecommand={\thispagestyle{fancy}},
            noautoscale=true,scale=0.9,delta=5mm 5mm]{prep_handout.pdf}
\end{document}