How to reduce overlapping text in pdf using rotativa in MVC

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Hi,
I am rendering an mvc aspx view to a pdf where the header is overlapping the content in the second page and other pages except the first page where as in the first page it is working fine .
Here is my code
string footer1 = "--header-left \"Shipper No: " + viewModel.ShipperNo + " " + "Attention: " + viewModel.AttentionTo + "\n" + "Date: " + viewModel.SubmittedDate + " " + "Location: " + viewModel.Location + "\n" + "Shipper Type: " + viewModel.ShipperType
+ " " + "Address: " + viewModel.Address + "\n" + "Order Completed: " + viewModel.OrderCompleted + " " + "City/Sate/Zip: " + viewModel.City_State_Zip + " " + "Page: [page] of [toPage]\"";

return new ViewAsPdf("ExporttoPDF", viewModel) { CustomSwitches = footer1 };
Please help me on this.

What I have tried:

I am able to render the the view to a pdf but header text is overlapping in the second page.

Posted 11-Oct-17 5:13am

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Updated 11-Oct-17 21:22pm

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Member 8557048 · Answer 1 · 2017-10-11T21:22:00

This is my aspx view

<%@ Page Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage<MVCECUDataTrackingSystem.ViewModels.ShippingViewModel>" %>

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>
<head runat="server">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
    <title>ExporttoPDF</title>
                                         <h2 style="text-align:right">Shipper</h2>
</head>
<body>
<%--<h2 style="text-align:center">Shipper</h2>--%>
<%-- style="page-break-after:always"--%>
   <div id="divExport">
     <table style="height:100px;"></table>
   <table  style=""> 
   <pre lang="text"><%--<tr><td>Shipper No</td><td><%:Html.DisplayFor(model => model.ShipperNo)%></td><td

> Attention <%:Html.DisplayFor(model => model.AttentionTo)%>
Date<%:Html.DisplayFor(model => model.SubmittedDate)%> Location<%:Html.DisplayFor(model => model.Location)%>
Shipper Type<%:Html.DisplayFor(model => model.ShipperType)%> Address<%:Html.DisplayFor(model => model.Address)%>
Order Completed<%:Html.DisplayFor(model => model.OrderCompleted)%> City/State/Zip<%:Html.DisplayFor(model => model.City_State_Zip)%>
GEE Program No<%:Html.DisplayFor(model => model.GEEProgramNo)%>WBS No<%:Html.DisplayFor(model => model.WBSNo)%>
Customer No<%:Html.DisplayFor(model => model.CustomerNo)%>OUC<%:Html.DisplayFor(model => model.OUCNo)%> --%>
<%-- Comment <%:Html.TextAreaFor(model => model.CustomerNo, new { })%>--%>

Comment

<%:Html.DisplayFor(model => model.CustomerNo, new {Style="width:1125px" })%>

<% foreach (var item in Model.ShipDetails)
{%>
<%-- page-break-inside: avoid--%>

<% } %>

ECS ID	Part No	Serial No	Buffers	Buffer Part No	Buffer Serial No	Part Name	Amount(In Dollars)
<%:item.ECSID%>	<%: item.PartNo%>	<%: item.SerialNo%>	<%: item.Buffers%>	<%: item.BufferPartNo%>	<%: item.BufferSerialNo%>	<%: item.PartName%>	<%: item.Amount%>

Shipper:

Print Name:<%:Html.DisplayFor(model => model.UserName)%>_________________________________ Signature:_________________________________ Date:___________

Receiver:

Print Name:_________________________________ Signature: _________________________________ Date:_____________

<%--

<%:Html.ActionLink("Download PDF", "DownloadPDF", new { shipId = Model.ShipperNo })%>

--%>
<%-- <% }%>--%>
<%-- <% }%>--%>