diff --git a/crates/eps/src/ai_editing.rs b/crates/eps/src/ai_editing.rs
index e89584b8e..0ca9958b5 100644
--- a/crates/eps/src/ai_editing.rs
+++ b/crates/eps/src/ai_editing.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 //! - Setup: `0 Bn` (no gradient definitions, §3), the color swatches (`%AI5_BeginPalette`,
 //!   `0 0 Pb`, the Registration swatch, each swatch's color operator and `(name) Pc`, a color group as `0 (name) count Pg`
 //!   before its swatches, `PB`), then the artboards as the `ArtboardArray` of the `/Document`
-//!   dictionary and the canvas size as its `AIDocumentCanvasSize`, on `%_` lines.
+//!   dictionary's `/Recorded` part and the canvas size as its `AIDocumentCanvasSize`, on `%_`
+//!   lines.
 //! - Layers: `%AI5_BeginLayer`, `visible preview unlocked printing dimmed 0 1 colorIndex r g b 0
 //!   dimPercent 0 Lb` (14 operands; a color that isn't one of the preset layer colors has the
 //!   index -1), `(name) Ln`, the layer's name as an XML id in an `/ArtDictionary`, its art and
@@ -304,7 +305,10 @@ fn ruler_units(u: Unit) -> u8 {
 /// the canvas (`RulerOrigin`, `origin` being art space's origin there), its pixel aspect ratio
 /// (`PAR`), `DisplayMark` 0 (as in the files users sent), whether it is the selected one (the
 /// first) and its name; then the canvas's size. Apps that read the editing data drop a record that
-/// lacks any of the first five.
+/// lacks any of the first five. Both sit in the dictionary the `/Document` marks `/Recorded`,
+/// followed by an empty `/NotRecorded` one, as in the files users sent: apps that read the editing
+/// data do not read artboards from the `/NotRecorded` dictionary, and then place the art one
+/// artboard's height above a default artboard.
 fn artboards(s: &mut String, doc: &Document, to_art: Affine, origin: (f64, f64)) {
     s.push_str("%AI9_BeginDocumentData\n%_/Document :\n%_/Dictionary :\n%_/Array :\n");
     for (i, ab) in doc.artboards.iter().enumerate() {
@@ -323,7 +327,7 @@ fn artboards(s: &mut String, doc: &Document, to_art: Affine, origin: (f64, f64))
     }
     s.push_str("%_; (ArtboardArray) ,\n");
     let _ = writeln!(s, "%_{CANVAS_SIZE} /Int (AIDocumentCanvasSize) ,");
-    s.push_str("%_; /NotRecorded ,\n%_;\n%AI9_EndDocumentData\n");
+    s.push_str("%_; /Recorded ,\n%_/Dictionary : /NotRecorded ,\n%_; /NotRecorded ,\n%_;\n%AI9_EndDocumentData\n");
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/crates/eps/src/ai_editing/tests.rs b/crates/eps/src/ai_editing/tests.rs
index bede50515..0fe80683b 100644
--- a/crates/eps/src/ai_editing/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/eps/src/ai_editing/tests.rs
@@ -342,6 +342,76 @@ fn art_lies_on_its_artboard_in_ruler_space() {
     assert_eq!(bounds, Rect::new(10.0, 20.0, 30.0, 40.0));
 }
 
+/// A gray rectangle at `r` (document space) in `doc`'s first layer.
+fn add_rect(doc: &mut Document, r: Rect) {
+    let rect = Node::path(doc.alloc_id(), shapes::rectangle(r), Appearance::basic(solid(Color::gray(0.5)), Paint::None, 0.0));
+    let layer = doc.layers[0].id;
+    doc.insert(Some(layer), usize::MAX, rect).unwrap();
+}
+
+/// The end of the document data: the artboards and the canvas size in the `/Recorded` part of the
+/// `/Document` dictionary, then an empty `/NotRecorded` part.
+const RECORDED: &str = "%_; (ArtboardArray) ,\n%_16383 /Int (AIDocumentCanvasSize) ,\n%_; /Recorded ,\n%_/Dictionary : /NotRecorded ,\n%_; /NotRecorded ,\n%_;\n%AI9_EndDocumentData\n";
+
+/// One letter-size artboard: the art 36 points in from its top-left corner, the artboard's record
+/// and the boxes, with the artboards in the `/Recorded` part of the `/Document` dictionary.
+#[test]
+fn one_artboard_is_recorded_with_its_art_in_place() {
+    let mut doc = Document::new(612.0, 792.0);
+    doc.artboards[0].name = "Page".into();
+    add_rect(&mut doc, Rect::new(36.0, 36.0, 576.0, 756.0));
+    let text = program(&doc);
+    for line in [
+        "%%BoundingBox: 36 -756 576 -36\n",
+        "%AI3_Cropmarks: 0 -792 612 0\n",
+        "%AI3_TemplateBox: 306.5 -396.5 306.5 -396.5\n",
+        "\n36 -36 m\n",
+        "%_0 0 /RealPointRelToROrigin\n%_ (PositionPoint1) ,\n%_612 -792 /RealPointRelToROrigin\n%_ (PositionPoint2) ,\n%_7885 7795 /RealPoint\n%_ (RulerOrigin) ,\n",
+        "%_(Page) /UnicodeString (Name) ,\n%_; ,\n",
+        RECORDED,
+    ] {
+        assert!(text.contains(line), "{line}\n{text}");
+    }
+    let read = read_back(&doc);
+    assert_eq!(read.artboards.iter().map(|a| (a.name.as_str(), a.rect)).collect::<Vec<_>>(), [("Page", Rect::new(0.0, 0.0, 612.0, 792.0))]);
+    let bounds = read.layers.iter().filter_map(|l| l.visual_bounds()).reduce(|a, b| a.union(b)).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(bounds, Rect::new(36.0, 36.0, 576.0, 756.0));
+}
+
+/// Two named artboards of different sizes, tops aligned: each record holds its corners in art
+/// space and its top-left corner on the canvas, where the two together are centered.
+#[test]
+fn artboards_of_different_sizes_keep_their_names_and_places() {
+    let mut doc = Document::new(400.0, 300.0);
+    doc.artboards[0].name = "Front".into();
+    let mut back = doc.artboards[0].clone();
+    (back.id, back.name, back.rect) = (2, "Back".into(), Rect::new(440.0, 0.0, 740.0, 500.0));
+    doc.artboards.push(back);
+    add_rect(&mut doc, Rect::new(50.0, 50.0, 150.0, 100.0));
+    add_rect(&mut doc, Rect::new(490.0, 50.0, 590.0, 100.0));
+    let text = program(&doc);
+    for line in [
+        "%AI3_Cropmarks: 0 -300 400 0\n",
+        "%AI3_TemplateBox: 370.5 -250.5 370.5 -250.5\n",
+        "\n50 -50 m\n",
+        "\n490 -50 m\n",
+        "%_0 0 /RealPointRelToROrigin\n%_ (PositionPoint1) ,\n%_400 -300 /RealPointRelToROrigin\n%_ (PositionPoint2) ,\n%_7821 7941 /RealPoint\n%_ (RulerOrigin) ,\n",
+        "%_1 /Bool (IsArtboardSelected) ,\n%_(Front) /UnicodeString (Name) ,\n",
+        "%_440 0 /RealPointRelToROrigin\n%_ (PositionPoint1) ,\n%_740 -500 /RealPointRelToROrigin\n%_ (PositionPoint2) ,\n%_8261 7941 /RealPoint\n%_ (RulerOrigin) ,\n",
+        "%_0 /Bool (IsArtboardSelected) ,\n%_(Back) /UnicodeString (Name) ,\n",
+        RECORDED,
+    ] {
+        assert!(text.contains(line), "{line}\n{text}");
+    }
+    let read = read_back(&doc);
+    assert_eq!(
+        read.artboards.iter().map(|a| (a.name.as_str(), a.rect)).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+        [("Front", Rect::new(0.0, 0.0, 400.0, 300.0)), ("Back", Rect::new(440.0, 0.0, 740.0, 500.0))]
+    );
+    let bounds = read.layers.iter().filter_map(|l| l.visual_bounds()).reduce(|a, b| a.union(b)).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(bounds, Rect::new(50.0, 50.0, 590.0, 100.0));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn a_pdf_carries_the_data_on_its_first_page() {
     let doc = sample();