Margins
The PageBounds rectangle property of the PrintPageEventArgs class represents the entire rectangle of the page, all the way to the edge. The MarginBounds rectangle represents the area inside the margins. Figure 7.7 shows the difference.
Figure 7.7. PageBounds versus MarginBounds
Both PageBounds and MarginBounds are always scaled to units of 100 dpi, so a standard 8.5×11 inch piece of paper will always have a PageBounds rectangle {0, 0, 850, 1100}. With the default margin of 1 inch all the way around, the MarginBounds will be at {100, 100, 650, 900}. To match the bounds, by default the GraphicsUnit for the Graphics object will be 100 dpi, ...
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