Sometimes the margins on our documents don't agree with our printers and
our devices can't fix the problem. This should make printing a marginally
better experience. Any PDF dropped in will be rebuilt with US letter
dimensions shrunk inside a safe margin of your choice. All changes are made
on the device and your file is never uploaded.
Drop a PDF here, or choose a file
PDF only. Stays on your device.
0.3"on all four sides
Preview (this is what prints)
How to use
The basics
Drop a PDF onto the box (or click to choose one).
Marginal rebuilds every page on a US Letter sheet and shrinks the
original page to fit inside a centered safe margin.
Click Download fixed PDF and print that file as usual.
Why this fixes edge clipping
No printer can print to the very edge of the paper, and some print drivers don't
account for that, so content running to the edge gets cut off. Marginal bakes the
margin into the PDF itself and centers the shrunk page, so whatever the driver
trims is now blank margin instead of your content. It does not depend on any
"fit to page" or margin setting in the print dialog.
Choosing a margin
The default 0.3" clears the unprintable edge of most office
printers and copiers with room to spare.
If a printer still clips, nudge the Safe margin slider up a little
and download again.
Larger margins shrink the content more, so use the smallest margin that prints cleanly.
Page sizes & orientation
Every page is placed on US Letter, so A4, Legal, and odd-sized PDFs all come out
on the paper your school uses.
Aspect ratio is preserved — nothing is stretched or squished.
If it doesn't work
Some PDFs are encrypted/DRM-protected and can come out blank. If the preview looks
wrong, open the original in a PDF viewer, choose Print → Save as PDF
to make a clean copy, then run that copy through Marginal.
Privacy
Your PDF is read and rebuilt entirely inside this browser tab. It is never uploaded
to any server.
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