How to Display the Page Number Only (No Header) for Chapter Pages; Header Only, Elsewhere

Question

Consider the code

\documentclass[openany]{book}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{pgfpages}
\pgfpagesuselayout{2 on 1}

\begin{document}
\LARGE
\thispagestyle{empty}

\pagestyle{fancyplain}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Removes line under header.

\lhead[{\emph{{\Large{\thepage}}}}]{LEFT}
\chead[{\emph{{\Large{MIDDLE}}}}]
{{\emph{\Large{MIDDLE}}}}
\rhead[RIGHT]{{\emph{{\Large{\thepage}}}}}

\chapter*{CHAPTER 1}\thispagestyle{empty}
\lipsum[1-4]

\chapter*{CHAPTER 2}
\lipsum[1-4]

\chapter*{CHAPTER 3}
\lipsum[1-2]
\end{document}

Aside from the fist page (Chpater 1) in which I have removed both the header and the page number at the bottom by \thispagestyle{empty}, the remaining seven pages contain both a header and a page number at the bottom of each page.

QUESTION: How may the above code be modified in order that for pages 2-8: No header appears for \chapter pages (pgs 4,7; just a page number centered at the bottom of the page), whilst only the header appears (no page number at the bottom) for non-chapter pages (pgs 2, 3, 5, 6, 8)?

Thank you.

Answer 1

Don't use \pagestyle{fancyplain}. It is obsolete, and it messes up your chapter opening pages. And use modern fancyhdr commands like \fancyhead, this is much clearer.

Then the chapter pages automatically get the plain pagestyle, which is what you want. I also removed the \thispagestyle{empty}, because I guess you would want the page number also on the first page. If not, just keep it.

\documentclass[openany]{book}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{pgfpages}
\pgfpagesuselayout{2 on 1}

\begin{document}
\LARGE
%\thispagestyle{empty}

\pagestyle{fancy}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Removes line under header.

\fancyhead[LE,RO]{\Large \thepage}
\fancyhead[LO]{LEFT}
\fancyhead[RE]{RIGHT}
\fancyhead[C]{\emph{\Large MIDDLE}}
\fancyfoot{}

\chapter*{CHAPTER 1}
%\thispagestyle{empty}
\lipsum[1-4]

\chapter*{CHAPTER 2}
\lipsum[1-4]

\chapter*{CHAPTER 3}
\lipsum[1-2]
\end{document}