diff --git a/css/print/pdf.css b/css/print/pdf.css
index bf90b3d3..559b05d7 100644
--- a/css/print/pdf.css
+++ b/css/print/pdf.css
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 
 body {
 	font-size: 18pt;
-	width: 297mm;
-	height: 229mm;
 	margin: 0 auto !important;
 	border: 0;
 	padding: 0;
@@ -105,8 +103,6 @@ ul, ol, div, p {
 	overflow: visible;
 	display: block;
 
-	text-align: center;
-
 	-webkit-perspective: none;
 	   -moz-perspective: none;
 	    -ms-perspective: none;
@@ -118,21 +114,15 @@ ul, ol, div, p {
 	        perspective-origin: 50% 50%;
 }
 .reveal .slides section {
-
 	page-break-after: always !important;
 
 	visibility: visible !important;
 	position: relative !important;
-	width: 100% !important;
-	height: 229mm !important;
-	min-height: 229mm !important;
 	display: block !important;
-	overflow: hidden !important;
+	position: relative !important;
 
-	left: 0 !important;
-	top: 0 !important;
 	margin: 0 !important;
-	padding: 2cm 2cm 0 2cm !important;
+	padding: 0 !important;
 	box-sizing: border-box !important;
 
 	opacity: 1 !important;
@@ -154,30 +144,6 @@ ul, ol, div, p {
 	height: auto !important;
 	min-height: auto !important;
 }
-.reveal .absolute-element {
-	margin-left: 2.2cm;
-	margin-top: 1.8cm;
-}
-.reveal section .fragment {
-	opacity: 1 !important;
-	visibility: visible !important;
-
-	-webkit-transform: none !important;
-	   -moz-transform: none !important;
-	    -ms-transform: none !important;
-	        transform: none !important;
-}
-.reveal section .slide-background {
-	position: absolute;
-	top: 0;
-	left: 0;
-	width: 100%;
-	z-index: 0;
-}
-.reveal section>* {
-	position: relative;
-	z-index: 1;
-}
 .reveal img {
 	box-shadow: none;
 }
@@ -189,11 +155,17 @@ ul, ol, div, p {
 	font-size: 16pt !important;
 }
 
-.reveal.center .slides section:not(.stack) {
-	display: flex !important;
-	flex-direction: column;
-	align-items: center;
-	justify-content: center;
-	padding-top: 2em !important;
-	padding-bottom: 2em !important;
+/* Slide backgrounds are placed inside of their slide when exporting to PDF */
+.reveal section .slide-background {
+	position: absolute;
+	top: 0;
+	left: 0;
+	width: 100%;
+	z-index: 0;
 }
+/* All elements should be above the slide-background */
+.reveal section>* {
+	position: relative;
+	z-index: 1;
+}
+
diff --git a/css/reveal.css b/css/reveal.css
index 806d0649..7c3f5a1b 100644
--- a/css/reveal.css
+++ b/css/reveal.css
@@ -1328,6 +1328,8 @@ body {
 	position: absolute;
 	width: 100%;
 	height: 100%;
+	top: 0;
+	left: 0;
 
 	-webkit-perspective: 600px;
 	   -moz-perspective: 600px;
diff --git a/js/reveal.js b/js/reveal.js
index 7a032d0c..982b951c 100644
--- a/js/reveal.js
+++ b/js/reveal.js
@@ -333,6 +333,11 @@ var Reveal = (function(){
 		// Update all backgrounds
 		updateBackground( true );
 
+		// Special setup and config is required when printing to PDF
+		if( isPrintingPDF() ) {
+			setupPDF();
+		}
+
 		// Notify listeners that the presentation is ready but use a 1ms
 		// timeout to ensure it's not fired synchronously after #initialize()
 		setTimeout( function() {
@@ -401,6 +406,66 @@ var Reveal = (function(){
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Configures the presentation for printing to a static
+	 * PDF.
+	 */
+	function setupPDF() {
+
+		// Dimensions of the content
+		var pageWidth = 1122,
+			pageHeight = 867;
+
+		var slideWidth = 960,
+			slideHeight = 700;
+
+		document.body.classList.add( 'print-pdf' );
+		document.body.style.width = pageWidth + 'px';
+		document.body.style.height = pageHeight + 'px';
+
+		// Slide and slide background layout
+		toArray( document.querySelectorAll( SLIDES_SELECTOR ) ).forEach( function( slide ) {
+
+			// Vertical stacks are not centred since their section
+			// children will be
+			if( slide.classList.contains( 'stack' ) ) {
+				slide.style.top = 0;
+			}
+			else {
+				var left = ( pageWidth - slideWidth ) / 2;
+				var top = ( pageHeight - slideHeight ) / 2;
+
+				if( config.center || slide.classList.contains( 'center' ) ) {
+					top = Math.max( ( pageHeight - getAbsoluteHeight( slide ) ) / 2, 0 );
+				}
+
+				slide.style.left = left + 'px';
+				slide.style.top = top + 'px';
+				slide.style.width = slideWidth + 'px';
+				slide.style.height = slideHeight + 'px';
+
+				if( slide.scrollHeight > slideHeight ) {
+					slide.style.overflow = 'hidden';
+				}
+
+				var background = slide.querySelector( '.slide-background' );
+				if( background ) {
+					background.style.width = pageWidth + 'px';
+					background.style.height = pageHeight + 'px';
+					background.style.top = -top + 'px';
+					background.style.left = -left + 'px';
+				}
+			}
+
+		} );
+
+		// Show all fragments
+		toArray( document.querySelectorAll( SLIDES_SELECTOR + ' .fragment' ) ).forEach( function( fragment ) {
+			fragment.classList.add( 'visible' );
+		} );
+
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Creates an HTML element and returns a reference to it.
 	 * If the element already exists the existing instance will
@@ -428,9 +493,7 @@ var Reveal = (function(){
 	 */
 	function createBackgrounds() {
 
-		if( isPrintingPDF() ) {
-			document.body.classList.add( 'print-pdf' );
-		}
+		var printMode = isPrintingPDF();
 
 		// Clear prior backgrounds
 		dom.background.innerHTML = '';
@@ -441,7 +504,7 @@ var Reveal = (function(){
 
 			var backgroundStack;
 
-			if( isPrintingPDF() ) {
+			if( printMode ) {
 				backgroundStack = createBackground( slideh, slideh );
 			}
 			else {
@@ -451,7 +514,7 @@ var Reveal = (function(){
 			// Iterate over all vertical slides
 			toArray( slideh.querySelectorAll( 'section' ) ).forEach( function( slidev ) {
 
-				if( isPrintingPDF() ) {
+				if( printMode ) {
 					createBackground( slidev, slidev );
 				}
 				else {
@@ -887,7 +950,7 @@ var Reveal = (function(){
 
 				if( typeof child.offsetTop === 'number' && child.style ) {
 					// Count # of abs children
-					if( child.style.position === 'absolute' ) {
+					if( window.getComputedStyle( child ).position === 'absolute' ) {
 						absoluteChildren += 1;
 					}