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Print-Ready File Checker
Check a PDF for print problems, right in your browser
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Check a PDF for print problems, right in your browser
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Drop in a PDF or image and see what a printer would send back: missing bleed, RGB color, low-resolution images, fonts that aren't embedded, hairlines, and text too close to the edge. Bleed is measured from the ink on the page, not from the page size. The file is read on your computer and never uploaded. Free, with no sign-up for 10 checks a month. Print shops can embed it on their own order page.
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Hi everyone, I'm Azaan. I've been a print designer for 12 years, and I run a small studio called Silentt Design.
Printers send files back for the same few reasons: no bleed, RGB color, a logo that's too low in resolution, fonts that didn't embed. The person who made the file usually can't see any of that until the printer says no, and by then the deadline is close. The proper tool for this is Acrobat's preflight, but most small sellers and Canva users don't have Acrobat Pro and wouldn't know which profile to run.
So this is a first pass anyone can run:
Drop in a PDF, JPEG, PNG or TIFF.
It lists what a printer would flag, in plain words, with what to do about each one.
The file is read in your browser. It is never uploaded, and you can check that in the network tab.
One part I care about is bleed. A lot of checkers look at the page size and call it bleed. This one draws each page and looks at where the ink goes: does the artwork reach the trim, and does it carry on past it? A bigger page with white around it doesn't count.
What it won't do: it never tells you a file is ready. It can't read ink coverage inside photos, it doesn't check barcodes or spelling, and a printer's own preflight and a proof still decide. The page lists everything it can't check.
It's free. You get 10 checks a month without signing up, and 10 more with an email. If you run a print shop, there's a version you can put on your own order page that uses your bleed and sizes and doesn't talk to my server at all.
It was built with an AI coding assistant. The rules in it are mine, from files I've fixed, and I tested it against real ones.
I'd like to know two things: which files it gets wrong (send me the worst ones you have), and which check you wish it had.