PDF preflight · for freelance designers
Know if your PDF is ready to print.
Upload a PDF and get a plain-language report on bleed, color space, image resolution, font embedding, and page count. See the exact pages affected and what to fix before you send it to print.
What PrintPress catches
The file problems that cause rejections and reprints.
Every check shows the detected value, the required value, and the exact pages where the problem appears.
Still confirm with your printer: paper stock, coatings, special finishing, proofs, and shop-specific submission rules.
How it works
Upload your PDF
Drop the file directly. Add your printer's spec sheet for checks matched to their exact requirements, or run against standard print-industry rules.
Run print checks
PrintPress checks bleed, color mode, image resolution, font embedding, and page count automatically. No configuration needed.
Review plain-language warnings
Each issue shows the detected value, the required value, and the exact pages affected. Fix steps are written for the designer, not the developer.
Fix, re-export, re-check
Fix the flagged issues in your design tool, re-export, and drop the new file. Free rechecks for 30 days from the original upload.
Example print check
See what your printer may reject before you send the file.
Upload a PDF and PrintPress checks common print problems like missing bleed, RGB colors, low resolution images, and unembedded fonts. Each issue comes with a plain language explanation and fix steps.
- Detected
- 0 mm
- Required
- 3 mm
- Risk
- White edges after trimming
Your artwork stops at the page edge. When the printer trims the sheet, tiny movement can leave a white line around the final piece. Set 3 mm of bleed in your design tool and re-export with crop marks.
- Detected
- Helvetica, Inter-Bold
- Required
- All fonts embedded
- Risk
- Text reflow or substitution at printer
Re-export from your design tool with "Embed All Fonts" enabled, or use the PDF/X-1a or PDF/X-4 preset which embeds by default.
- Detected
- RGB objects on 4 pages
- Required
- CMYK / FOGRA39
- Risk
- Color shift on press
This file contains RGB colors. Your printer will convert them, often with unpredictable results. Re-export using a CMYK color profile matched to your printer's requirements.
- Detected
- 0 mm
- Required
- 3 mm
- Risk
- White edges after trimming
Your artwork stops at the page edge. When the printer trims the sheet, tiny movement can leave a white line around the final piece. Set 3 mm of bleed in your design tool and re-export with crop marks.
- Detected
- Helvetica, Inter-Bold
- Required
- All fonts embedded
- Risk
- Text reflow or substitution at printer
Re-export from your design tool with "Embed All Fonts" enabled, or use the PDF/X-1a or PDF/X-4 preset which embeds by default.
- Detected
- RGB objects on 4 pages
- Required
- CMYK / FOGRA39
- Risk
- Color shift on press
This file contains RGB colors. Your printer will convert them, often with unpredictable results. Re-export using a CMYK color profile matched to your printer's requirements.
Upload your PDF and see what needs fixing before you send it to print.
A 48-page magazine with RGB images and low resolution photos could become an expensive reprint.
PrintPress flags images by page, measuring DPI at placed size and detecting the color space. You see the exact pages to fix before sending the file to press.
Generic or printer-matched
Use standard rules, or match your printer's spec exactly.
Drop your printer's PDF spec sheet alongside your file. We match every check to their exact requirements. The difference between "probably fine" and "yes, send it."
Pricing
Check one file, or make PrintPress part of every print handoff.
Start with a single report before sending a file to print. Choose Unlimited if you handle client revisions, repeat jobs, or regular print work.
Paid reports are in validation. You can still run the check for free today. Your click helps us decide what to build.
Single Check
For when you have one file to send and need to know it is ready.
- Plain language print readiness report
- Checks for common rejection risks
- Fix priority summary
- Same file recheck for 30 days
- Downloadable report
Best for regular print work
Unlimited
For designers who handle client revisions, repeat jobs, or regular print work.
- Unlimited PDF checks
- Saved report history
- Revision checks for client changes
- Client ready reports
- Printer presets when available
- Downloadable reports
What is included
Questions
Payments are not active yet. When you click either button, we capture your intent and run a free check on your file. We are validating whether paid reports are worth building before we charge anyone. You will get the full report either way.
Get the print-ready checklist.
A one-page reference for checking bleed, color, images, fonts, and page count before sending a PDF to print.
We will also let you know when printer presets and paid reports go live.
Why I built this
I built this for designers who send print files without anyone checking the file first. I'm Agustina, a designer in Haarlem. I've watched friends eat the cost of bad print runs, and every time I send something to print, I feel it too.