Thread: Converting epub to PDF - can't get top/bottom margins to work
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Old 05-31-2011, 10:14 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by Cayo View Post
Why not?
No one feels like wasting their time to fix it. PDF is not a nice format for ebooks. It's not nice to work with. It's not used very much by calibre users so working on it is not a priority.

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Originally Posted by Cayo View Post
The way it handles it right now is horrible - not to mention unacceptable. Other epub to PDF converters are able to support top and bottom margins, so why can't Calibre?
You have two choices. Use one of those other tools. Or, since calibre is open source, fix it yourself.
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