diff --git a/src/index.html b/src/index.html
index f159e88..79e2f6b 100644
--- a/src/index.html
+++ b/src/index.html
@@ -14570,37 +14570,43 @@
 
     // Export the current deck as a multi-page PDF — one page per slide.
     // Each slide is rendered via the same `renderCustomArtPreviewDOM` the
-    // Deck Builder thumbnails use (themed at render time, slide source is
+    // Deck Builder thumbnails use (themed at render time; slide source is
     // never mutated). The browser handles the actual PDF emission via its
     // Save-as-PDF print path.
-    function exportDeckAsPdf() {
+    //
+    // Page sizing matches the slide canvas's natural design dimensions:
+    // a 1920×1080 slide → 20in × 11.25in PDF page at the CSS 96 dpi
+    // baseline, so the PDF is the slide at 1:1 scale. The preview itself
+    // is always rendered at PREVIEW_BASE_PX wide internally, so we apply
+    // a CSS `transform: scale(...)` to enlarge it to fill the page.
+    async function exportDeckAsPdf() {
       const deck = ensureDeck();
       const slides = deck?.slides || [];
       if (!slides.length) { toastError('No slides to export.'); return; }
-      // Match the print page to the preview's native size (PREVIEW_BASE_PX
-      // CSS pixels wide at the slide's aspect). At the browser's 96 dpi
-      // assumption, PREVIEW_BASE_PX = 720 → 7.5 inches wide, with height
-      // derived from the first slide's aspect ratio. Mixed-aspect decks
-      // still print on this page size — non-matching slides letterbox.
       const firstSlide = slides[0].slide || {};
       const wPx = Math.max(1, Number(firstSlide.width) || 1920);
       const hPx = Math.max(1, Number(firstSlide.height) || 1080);
-      const pageWidthIn = PREVIEW_BASE_PX / 96;
-      const pageHeightIn = (PREVIEW_BASE_PX * hPx / wPx) / 96;
+      // CSS uses a 96 dpi baseline, so px / 96 → in.
+      const pageW = wPx / 96;
+      const pageH = hPx / 96;
+      // The preview renders at PREVIEW_BASE_PX wide; scale it up so it
+      // fills the page exactly.
+      const previewScale = wPx / PREVIEW_BASE_PX;
       const fmt = (n) => Math.round(n * 1000) / 1000;
       const container = document.createElement('div');
       container.id = 'deckPrintContainer';
-      // The container is hidden from normal flow (taken out of the body
-      // visual layout) but stays in the DOM so print can find it.
       container.style.cssText = 'position:fixed;left:-99999px;top:0;';
       slides.forEach((entry, i) => {
         const page = document.createElement('div');
         page.className = 'deckPrintPage';
-        // Page break after each slide except the last — gives N pages for
-        // N slides without a trailing blank.
         if (i < slides.length - 1) page.style.pageBreakAfter = 'always';
+        // Inner wrapper hosts the transform; the preview itself is
+        // appended inside it.
+        const inner = document.createElement('div');
+        inner.className = 'deckPrintInner';
         const composed = composeSlideForDeck(entry, deck.theme || {});
-        renderCustomArtPreviewDOM(page, composed);
+        renderCustomArtPreviewDOM(inner, composed);
+        page.appendChild(inner);
         container.appendChild(page);
       });
       document.body.appendChild(container);
@@ -14608,18 +14614,27 @@
       styleEl.id = 'deckPrintStyle';
       styleEl.textContent = `
         @media print {
-          @page { size: ${fmt(pageWidthIn)}in ${fmt(pageHeightIn)}in; margin: 0; }
+          @page { size: ${fmt(pageW)}in ${fmt(pageH)}in; margin: 0; }
           body > *:not(#deckPrintContainer) { display: none !important; }
           #deckPrintContainer { position: static !important; left: 0 !important; top: 0 !important; }
           .deckPrintPage {
-            width: ${fmt(pageWidthIn)}in; height: ${fmt(pageHeightIn)}in;
-            display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
+            width: ${fmt(pageW)}in; height: ${fmt(pageH)}in;
+            position: relative;
             box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0; margin: 0;
             background: #fff; overflow: hidden;
           }
-          /* The preview wrapper inside each page — strip caps and borders so
-             the slide fills the page exactly. */
-          .deckPrintPage > div {
+          /* Scale the natively-PREVIEW_BASE_PX-wide preview up to the
+             slide's natural design dimensions. transform-origin: top left
+             keeps everything anchored at (0,0). */
+          .deckPrintInner {
+            position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0;
+            transform: scale(${fmt(previewScale)});
+            transform-origin: top left;
+          }
+          /* The preview's own root div has inline width/aspect-ratio rules
+             and a border + box-shadow for the editor view — strip the
+             decoration in print. */
+          .deckPrintInner > div {
             margin: 0 !important; border: 0 !important; box-shadow: none !important;
           }
         }
@@ -14634,12 +14649,23 @@
         window.removeEventListener('afterprint', cleanup);
       };
       window.addEventListener('afterprint', cleanup);
-      // One animation frame lets the preview DOM layout settle before the
-      // print snapshot is taken.
-      requestAnimationFrame(() => {
-        try { window.print(); }
-        catch (e) { cleanup(); toastError('Could not open the print dialog.'); }
-      });
+      // Wait for every <img> in the print container to finish loading
+      // (or error). Without this, slow remote images miss the print
+      // snapshot and the PDF page renders without them. Cap each wait at
+      // 5s so one hung URL can't block the export forever.
+      const imgs = Array.from(container.querySelectorAll('img'));
+      await Promise.all(imgs.map(img => {
+        if (img.complete && img.naturalWidth) return Promise.resolve();
+        return new Promise(resolve => {
+          let done = false;
+          const finish = () => { if (done) return; done = true; resolve(); };
+          img.addEventListener('load', finish);
+          img.addEventListener('error', finish);
+          setTimeout(finish, 5000);
+        });
+      }));
+      try { window.print(); }
+      catch (e) { cleanup(); toastError('Could not open the print dialog.'); }
     }
 
     function printWithCurrentFilename() {