diff --git a/src/Danfse/HTMLTemplate.php b/src/Danfse/HTMLTemplate.php
index 7fc8d23..e162141 100644
--- a/src/Danfse/HTMLTemplate.php
+++ b/src/Danfse/HTMLTemplate.php
@@ -19,24 +19,24 @@
     <style>
         <?= $fontFaces ?>
         /* NT008 2.2: 0.15–0.20 cm margins, 1pt perimeter, 0.5pt sections. */
-        @page { margin: 5pt; }
+        @page { margin: 0; }
         * { margin: 0; padding: 0; box-sizing: border-box; }
         body {
             font-family: Arial, "Liberation Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif;
             font-size: 7pt;
             line-height: 1.14;
             color: #000;
-            margin: 0;
+            margin: 5pt;
             padding: 1pt 1pt 65pt;
         }
-        /* Fixed page border includes footer and uses the full A4 frame.
-           This is not a text container border that ends after its content. */
+        /* Dompdf fixes positioned elements to the physical page. Inset both
+           the perimeter and content to keep the required printable margins. */
         .page-border {
             position: fixed;
-            top: 0;
-            left: 0;
-            right: 0;
-            bottom: 0;
+            top: 5pt;
+            left: 5pt;
+            right: 5pt;
+            bottom: 5pt;
             border: 1pt solid #000;
             z-index: -2;
         }
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@
         .municipality-cell { width: 26%; font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left; }
         .municipality-name { font-size: 8pt; font-weight: normal; }
         .municipality-environment { font-size: 6pt; font-weight: normal; }
-        .qr-container { text-align: center; padding-top: 8.7pt; }
-        .qr-container img { position: relative; left: -1.4pt; }
+        .qr-container { text-align: center; position: relative; top: 3.7pt; }
+        .qr-container img { position: relative; left: 2.4pt; }
         .qr-notice { font-size: 6pt; line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 2pt; text-align: left; }
         .access-key { white-space: nowrap; font-size: 7pt; }
         .no-party { text-align: center; font-size: 6pt; padding: 2pt; border-bottom: 0.5pt solid #000; }
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
         .value-highlight { font-weight: bold; }
         .total-emphasis { background: #f2f2f2; }
         .emitter-cell { background: #f2f2f2; }
-        .footer-container { position: fixed; bottom: 2pt; left: 1pt; right: 1pt; }
+        .footer-container { position: fixed; bottom: 7pt; left: 6pt; right: 6pt; }
         .footer-table { width: 100%; background: #fff; }
         .footer-table td { border: 0.5pt solid #000; padding: 2pt 3pt; }
         .footer-table .label { font-size: 6pt; }
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Danfse/DanfseGoldenReferenceTest.php b/tests/Unit/Danfse/DanfseGoldenReferenceTest.php
index e7b7351..a74b0b8 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Danfse/DanfseGoldenReferenceTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Danfse/DanfseGoldenReferenceTest.php
@@ -32,11 +32,16 @@ public function testNationalPortalStyleUsesCompactGridsAndFooter(): void
         self::assertStringContainsString('background: #f2f2f2', $html);
         self::assertStringContainsString('border: 1pt solid #000', $html);
         self::assertStringContainsString('border-bottom: 0.5pt solid #000', $html);
-        self::assertStringContainsString('@page { margin: 5pt; }', $html);
+        self::assertStringContainsString('@page { margin: 0; }', $html);
+        self::assertStringContainsString('margin: 5pt;', $html);
         self::assertStringContainsString('class="page-border"', $html);
+        self::assertStringContainsString('left: 5pt;', $html);
+        self::assertStringContainsString('right: 5pt;', $html);
+        self::assertStringContainsString('top: 5pt;', $html);
         self::assertStringContainsString('.first-section .label { font-size: 7pt; text-transform: uppercase; }', $html);
         self::assertStringContainsString('position: fixed;', $html);
-        self::assertStringContainsString('bottom: 0;', $html);
+        self::assertStringContainsString('bottom: 5pt;', $html);
+        self::assertStringContainsString('bottom: 7pt;', $html);
         self::assertStringContainsString('PRESTADOR / FORNECEDOR', $html);
         self::assertStringContainsString('TOMADOR / ADQUIRENTE', $html);
         self::assertStringContainsString('TRIBUTAÇÃO MUNICIPAL (ISSQN)', $html);
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Danfse/DanfsePdfEvidenceTest.php b/tests/Unit/Danfse/DanfsePdfEvidenceTest.php
index 3ca442c..45e923c 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Danfse/DanfsePdfEvidenceTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Danfse/DanfsePdfEvidenceTest.php
@@ -86,4 +86,36 @@ public function testMalformedFontMetadataCannotProduceFalseSuccess(): void
         self::assertContains('Unrecognized pdffonts row', $errors);
         self::assertContains('No fonts reported by pdffonts', $errors);
     }
+
+    public function testPhysicalMarginRasterRejectsFullBleedAndAcceptsFivePointInset(): void
+    {
+        self::assertSame([], DanfsePdfEvidence::checkPageMargins(self::pageRaster(10)));
+        $errors = DanfsePdfEvidence::checkPageMargins(self::pageRaster(0));
+        self::assertCount(4, $errors);
+        self::assertStringContainsString('Physical left margin', $errors[0]);
+    }
+
+    public function testPhysicalMarginRasterRejectsInvalidData(): void
+    {
+        self::assertSame(['Invalid grayscale PGM evidence'], DanfsePdfEvidence::checkPageMargins('invalid'));
+    }
+
+    private static function pageRaster(int $inset): string
+    {
+        $width = 1191;
+        $height = 1684;
+        $pgm = "P5\n{$width} {$height}\n255\n";
+        $pixels = str_repeat("\xFF", $width * $height);
+        foreach ([
+            [$inset, intdiv($height, 2)],
+            [$width - 1 - $inset, intdiv($height, 2)],
+            [intdiv($width, 2), $inset],
+            [intdiv($width, 2), $height - 1 - $inset],
+        ] as [$x, $y]) {
+            $pixels[$y * $width + $x] = "\x00";
+        }
+
+        return $pgm . $pixels;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/tools/bin/verify-danfse-visual-fixtures.php b/tools/bin/verify-danfse-visual-fixtures.php
index d5fad3c..80086f6 100644
--- a/tools/bin/verify-danfse-visual-fixtures.php
+++ b/tools/bin/verify-danfse-visual-fixtures.php
@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@
     }
 
     $outputs = [];
-    foreach ([['pdfinfo', $path], ['pdffonts', $path], ['pdftotext', '-layout', $path, '-']] as $command) {
+    foreach ([
+        ['pdfinfo', $path],
+        ['pdffonts', $path],
+        ['pdftotext', '-layout', $path, '-'],
+        ['pdftoppm', '-gray', '-r', '144', '-f', '1', '-l', '1', '-singlefile', $path],
+    ] as $command) {
         // argv-array form prevents shell interpretation of filenames.
         $pipes = [];
         $process = proc_open($command, [1 => ['pipe', 'w'], 2 => ['pipe', 'w']], $pipes);
@@ -49,7 +54,10 @@
         $outputs[] = $stdout;
     }
 
-    $errors = DanfsePdfEvidence::check($filename, $outputs[0], $outputs[1], $outputs[2]);
+    $errors = array_merge(
+        DanfsePdfEvidence::check($filename, $outputs[0], $outputs[1], $outputs[2]),
+        DanfsePdfEvidence::checkPageMargins($outputs[3]),
+    );
     if ($errors !== []) {
         $failed = true;
         foreach ($errors as $error) {
diff --git a/tools/src/DanfsePdfEvidence.php b/tools/src/DanfsePdfEvidence.php
index a68c031..81125b7 100644
--- a/tools/src/DanfsePdfEvidence.php
+++ b/tools/src/DanfsePdfEvidence.php
@@ -108,4 +108,57 @@ public static function check(string $filename, string $pdfInfo, string $pdfFonts
         }
         return $errors;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Check physical sheet margins in the 144-dpi grayscale PGM generated
+     * by pdftoppm, rather than trusting a CSS page-margin declaration.
+     *
+     * @return list<string>
+     */
+    public static function checkPageMargins(string $pgm): array
+    {
+        if (preg_match('/\AP5\r?\n(\d+) (\d+)\r?\n255\r?\n/', $pgm, $match) !== 1) {
+            return ['Invalid grayscale PGM evidence'];
+        }
+
+        $width = (int) $match[1];
+        $height = (int) $match[2];
+        $dataOffset = strlen($match[0]);
+        if ($width < 500 || $height < 700 || strlen($pgm) - $dataOffset !== $width * $height) {
+            return ['Invalid PGM dimensions or pixel data'];
+        }
+
+        $errors = [];
+        foreach (['left', 'right', 'top', 'bottom'] as $side) {
+            $horizontal = $side === 'left' || $side === 'right';
+            $pixelsPerPoint = $horizontal ? $width / 595.28 : $height / 841.89;
+            $minimum = (int) floor(72 * 0.15 / 2.54 * $pixelsPerPoint) - 1;
+            $maximum = (int) ceil(72 * 0.20 / 2.54 * $pixelsPerPoint) + 1;
+            $inset = null;
+            for ($distance = 0; $distance <= $maximum + 4; ++$distance) {
+                [$x, $y] = match ($side) {
+                    'left' => [$distance, intdiv($height, 2)],
+                    'right' => [$width - 1 - $distance, intdiv($height, 2)],
+                    'top' => [intdiv($width, 2), $distance],
+                    'bottom' => [intdiv($width, 2), $height - 1 - $distance],
+                };
+
+                if (ord($pgm[$dataOffset + $y * $width + $x]) < 128) {
+                    $inset = $distance;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if ($inset === null || $inset < $minimum || $inset > $maximum) {
+                $errors[] = sprintf(
+                    'Physical %s margin must be 0.15-0.20 cm (found %s px at 144 dpi)',
+                    $side,
+                    $inset === null ? 'none' : (string) $inset,
+                );
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $errors;
+    }
+
 }