Convert2Print

From digital artwork to professional print-ready files

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From digital artwork to professional print-ready files

2 followers

Convert2Print bridges the technical gap between digital artwork and professional print. It analyses and prepares photos, illustrations and PDFs for real physical output, handling resolution, dimensions, controlled colour workflows, ICC profiles, bleed and PDF/X-4 production files. A separate AI-to-poster workflow analyses the original AI artwork, determines suitable physical print sizes, prepares the production file and sends it into professional print fulfilment.

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Hi Product Hunt 👋 I'm Stefan, the founder and developer behind Convert2Print. This project started with what I thought was a relatively simple problem: how do you take a digital image and reliably prepare it for professional printing? I quickly discovered that “300 DPI” was only a tiny part of the answer. Physical dimensions, source resolution, aspect ratios, colour spaces, ICC profiles, CMYK conversion, bleed, PDF/X-4, output intent and validation all have to work together. Professional tools already exist for most of these individual tasks. What I wanted to remove was the need for the user to understand which tools to use, in which order, and which technical decisions to make. That gradually turned Convert2Print from a converter into a deterministic prepress engine with dedicated workflows for photos, illustrations and PDFs, including batch processing. More recently, I built an AI-to-poster workflow on top of the same engine. An original AI artwork is analysed first, the system determines which physical poster sizes are actually suitable for that source, and after the customer chooses a size, the production file is prepared and sent into professional print fulfilment. I've tested that complete chain myself — from an original AI-generated artwork to receiving the finished physical poster. The principle behind the whole project has become very simple: The user shouldn't need to understand prepress. The system still should. I'd love to hear what you think, particularly where you'd draw the line between automation and giving advanced users more control.

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29d ago

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Quick update from the maker — something pretty unexpected has happened since I shared Convert2Print here last week.

Convert2Print has now been covered by professional print-industry media in several markets.

WhatTheyThink published a piece about the automated prepress platform and the bridge between digital artwork and professional print.

INKISH followed with coverage of the web-based prepress preparation platform, describing the broader system as a reusable preparation engine.

And 中喷网 (ChinaSpray) has now introduced Convert2Print to the Chinese print industry through Weibo.

I've also been contacted by the editor of a Danish print-industry publication, who has invited me to meet and demonstrate the platform and talk about Convert2Print, the company, and the story behind building it.

For me, the most interesting part isn't simply getting press coverage. It's seeing people from the professional print industry understand what I've been trying to build:

The user shouldn't need to understand prepress — but the system still should.

Convert2Print isn't intended to remove the professional standards behind print preparation. The idea is to put that complexity underneath a much simpler workflow — while still handling things like physical dimensions, resolution, colour management, ICC profiles, CMYK conversion, bleed, PDF/X-4 and validation.

It's still very early, but seeing that idea understood across different parts of the print industry has been an encouraging signal, and I thought it was worth adding as an update to the original post.

Published coverage:

WhatTheyThink:
https://whattheythink.com/news/131906-convert2print-launches-automated-prepress-platform-bridging-digital-artwork-professional-print

INKISH:
https://inkish.news/en/article/convert2print-launches-web-based-prepress-preparation-platform

ChinaSpray / Weibo:
https://weibo.com/2/detail/5349097801516638