diff --git a/doc/dox/whatsnew.dox b/doc/dox/whatsnew.dox
index 5657fe49ad..f17505ff50 100644
--- a/doc/dox/whatsnew.dox
+++ b/doc/dox/whatsnew.dox
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Changes, compared to  \ref page_whatsnew_V4_0_0 "v4.0.0" include:
   </ul></li>
   <li>JKQTPlotter:<ul>
     <li>BREAKING/REWORKED: Implement better/more access functions to the graphs (inlcuding sorting, moving up/down, appending/prepending, graphs-iterators ...), solves issue #97</li>
+    <li>BREAKING/FIXED: fixed issue <a href="https://github.com/jkriege2/JKQtPlotter/pull/96">#96</a>: JKQTPlotter::saveAsPixelImage() does not add a border around the image any longer (can be reacivated by a new optional function parameter), thanks to <a href="https://github.com/nmielcarek">user:nmielcarek</a> for reporting</li>
     <li>FIXED issue described in <a href="https://github.com/jkriege2/JKQtPlotter/pull/62">#62: Fix custom labels draw, because giving exactly two label-strings did not display all of them</a>, thanks to <a href="https://github.com/FalsinSoft">user:FalsinSoft</a></li>
     <li>FIXED issue <a href="https://github.com/jkriege2/JKQtPlotter/pull/70">#70: Typo in jkqtplotter/CMakeLists.txt</a>, thanks to <a href="https://github.com/tedlinlab">user:tedlinlab</a></li>
     <li>FIXED issue <a href="https://github.com/jkriege2/JKQtPlotter/pull/80">#80: Bug with multiple inheritance with Q_GDAGET with CLANG</a>, thanks to <a href="https://github.com/igormironchik">user:igormironchik</a>, caused by <a href="https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-104874">QTBUG-104874</a></li>
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diff --git a/lib/jkqtplotter/jkqtpbaseplotter.cpp b/lib/jkqtplotter/jkqtpbaseplotter.cpp
index 8bda93bffb..55bacaad73 100644
--- a/lib/jkqtplotter/jkqtpbaseplotter.cpp
+++ b/lib/jkqtplotter/jkqtpbaseplotter.cpp
@@ -3970,7 +3970,7 @@ void JKQTBasePlotter::saveImage(const QString& filename, bool displayPreview) {
 }
 
 
-void JKQTBasePlotter::saveAsPixelImage(const QString& filename, bool displayPreview, const QByteArray& outputFormat) {
+void JKQTBasePlotter::saveAsPixelImage(const QString& filename, bool displayPreview, const QByteArray& outputFormat, const QSize &outputSizeIncrease) {
     loadUserSettings();
     QString fn=filename;
     QStringList filt;
@@ -3998,21 +3998,7 @@ void JKQTBasePlotter::saveAsPixelImage(const QString& filename, bool displayPrev
         if (outputFormat.size()>0) {
             form =outputFormat;
         }
-        /*if (filtID==2 || ext=="tif" || ext=="tiff") { // currentFileFormat
-            form="TIFF";
-        } else if (filtID==0 || ext=="png") {
-            form="PNG";
-        } else if (filtID==1 || ext=="bmp") {
-            form="BMP";
-        } else if (filtID==3 || ext=="jpg" || ext=="jpeg") {
-            form="JPEG";
-        } else if (ext=="ppm") {
-            form="PPM";
-        } else if (filtID==4 || ext=="xbm") {
-            form="XBM";
-        } else if (filtID==5 || ext=="xpm") {
-            form="XPM";
-        }*/
+
 
         emit beforeExporting();; auto __finalpaint=JKQTPFinally([&]() { emit afterExporting();});
         gridPrintingCalc();
@@ -4025,7 +4011,7 @@ void JKQTBasePlotter::saveAsPixelImage(const QString& filename, bool displayPrev
 
         if (!displayPreview || exportpreview(gridPrintingSize, false)) {
 
-            QImage png(QSizeF(double(printSizeX_Millimeter)*1.1, double(printSizeY_Millimeter)*1.1).toSize(), QImage::Format_ARGB32);
+            QImage png(QSizeF(double(printSizeX_Millimeter)+outputSizeIncrease.width(), double(printSizeY_Millimeter)+outputSizeIncrease.height()).toSize(), QImage::Format_ARGB32);
             png.fill(Qt::transparent);
             JKQTPEnhancedPainter painter;
             painter.begin(&png);
diff --git a/lib/jkqtplotter/jkqtpbaseplotter.h b/lib/jkqtplotter/jkqtpbaseplotter.h
index 415b432453..1473300600 100644
--- a/lib/jkqtplotter/jkqtpbaseplotter.h
+++ b/lib/jkqtplotter/jkqtpbaseplotter.h
@@ -1728,8 +1728,14 @@ class JKQTPLOTTER_LIB_EXPORT JKQTBasePlotter: public QObject {
          * */
         void setShowZeroAxes(bool showXY);
 
-        /** \brief save the current plot as a pixel image image (PNG ...), if filename is empty a file selection dialog is displayed */
-        void saveAsPixelImage(const QString& filename=QString(""), bool displayPreview=true, const QByteArray &outputFormat=QByteArray());
+        /** \brief save the current plot as a pixel image image (PNG ...), if filename is empty a file selection dialog is displayed
+         *
+         *  \param filename name of the stored file, if no \a outputFormat is given, the file format is deduced by the file extension in \a filename
+         *  \param displayPreview if \c true a dialog is shown that allows to modify the generated output (zoo, scaling, ...)
+         *  \param outputFormmat specify the file format for the generated file
+         *  \param  outputSizeIncrease if given, the size of the generated pixel image is increased by this number of pixels in addition to the required space
+         */
+        void saveAsPixelImage(const QString& filename=QString(""), bool displayPreview=true, const QByteArray &outputFormat=QByteArray(), const QSize& outputSizeIncrease=QSize(0,0));
 
         /** \brief save the current plot as a pixel image into a QImage with the given size */
         QImage grabPixelImage(QSize size=QSize(), bool showPreview=false);
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