Java pdfBox: Fill out pdf form, append it to pddocument, and repeat

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I have a pdf form made and I'm trying to use pdfBox to fill in the form and print the document. I got it working great for 1 page print jobs but i had to try and modify for multiple pages. Basically it's a form with basic info up top and a list of contents. Well if the contents are larger than what the form has room for I have to make it a multiple page document. I end up with a document with a nice page one and then all the remaining pages are the blank template. What am I doing wrong?

PDDocument finalDoc = new PDDocument();
File template = new File("path/to/template.pdf");

//Declare basic info to be put on every page
String name = "John Smith";
String phoneNum = "555-555-5555";
//Get list of contents for each page
List<List<Map<String, String>>> pageContents = methodThatReturnsMyInfo();

for (List<Map<String, String>> content : pageContents) {
    PDDocument doc = new PDDocument().load(template);
    PDDocumentCatlog docCatalog = doc.getDocumentCatalog();
    PDAcroForm acroForm = docCatalog.getAcroForm();

    acroForm.getField("name").setValue(name);
    acroForm.getField("phoneNum").setValue(phoneNum);

    for (int i=0; i<content.size(); i++) {
        acroForm.getField("qty"+i).setValue(content.get(i).get("qty"));
        acroForm.getField("desc"+i).setValue(content.get(i).get("desc"));
    }

    List<PDPage> pages = docCatalog.getAllPages();
    finalDoc.addPage(pages.get(0));
}

//Then prints/saves finalDoc

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andrewcole50

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Java pdfBox: Fill out pdf form, append it to pddocument, and repeat