Jupyter PDF Cuts Off Code or Tables? How to Fix It

Why long code lines and wide pandas tables get cut off when you save a Jupyter notebook as PDF, and four ways to fix it.

Updated 2026-11-03 · by the ipynbtopdfscanner team

Why it happens

• LaTeX export puts code in fixed-width blocks that don’t wrap, so long lines run off the right edge.
• Browser print keeps the screen layout, where code areas scroll sideways, and on paper the hidden part is lost.
• Wide DataFrames are wider than an A4 or Letter page, so their right-hand columns disappear.
• Pages are cut at fixed heights, so a line, table row or chart can be split across two pages.

Fix 1: Use a converter that wraps and fits content

ipynbtopdfscanner wraps long code lines, shrinks wide tables to the page width (repeating the header row on each page) and moves anything that won’t fit to the next page instead of slicing it.

Fix 2: Shorten long lines

Keep code under about 90 characters per line. A formatter like Black does this for you:

pip install black "black[jupyter]"
black notebook.ipynb

Fix 3: Limit what pandas prints

import pandas as pd
pd.set_option("display.max_columns", 10)   # show at most 10 columns
pd.set_option("display.max_rows", 30)      # and 30 rows
df.head()

Fix 4: Use landscape pages

Landscape gives about 40% more width for wide tables. In ipynbtopdfscanner, choose Orientation → Landscape; in the print dialog, choose Layout → Landscape.