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Old 07-29-2010, 05:38 AM   #1
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HTML to PDF, blank pages after each chapter

Hi All,

I'm converting a very basic HTML file to PDF format with the following command line:

ebook-convert [input file] [output file] --authors ["Author Name"] --title ["Title of Book"] --chapter //h:h1

and after each chapter, I have a blank page. The HTML file itself is very basic:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">> > <html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>
</title>
<style type="text/css">
/* <![CDATA[ */>[list of styles is here...]
/* ]]> */
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>PAGE 1 HEADER</h1>
<p>Page 1 contents</p>
<h1>PAGE 2 HEADER</h1>
<p>Page 2 contents</p>
<h1>PAGE 3 HEADER</h1>
<p>Page 3 contents</p>
</body>
</html>

Does anyone know why the end of each chapter has a blank page inserted afterwards? I'm not getting this if I use the same command line to output to epub or mobi.

Many thanks!
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Old 07-29-2010, 11:36 AM   #2
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this has been fixed in 0.7.11
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Old 07-30-2010, 03:50 AM   #3
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Thanks Kovid - just to check, the latest version I could find on the website was 0.7.10 so presumably this means the issue is fixed in the next pending release?
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Thanks Kovid - just to check, the latest version I could find on the website was 0.7.10 so presumably this means the issue is fixed in the next pending release?
Correct.
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Old 08-02-2010, 01:00 PM   #5
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Hi guys,

I tested the same file with Calibre 0.7.12 and it brings up the same problem - a blank page after each chapter.

Wondering if anyone else out there is having this issue with PDF output...?
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Make sure you disable the insert page breaks before setting by setting it to

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