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Get a prepress checklist for your product, colour mode and finishes, with figures to confirm with the printer
Print file checklistFreeFor designers
25/day
free runs a day, no sign-in.
Before: what you give it
The example input, as typed in. You paste text, CSS, markup or notes.
product: brochure colour: cmyk finishes: spot-uv, fold
After: what comes back
The first lines of a real run on that input. Nothing here is edited by hand.
Print file checklist: brochure, cmyk, finishes: spot-uv, fold Document setup - Set the page to the trim size, then add bleed (3 mm / 0.125 in is typical) on all sides that carry colour or images to the edge. - Keep text and logos inside a safe margin of at least 3 to 5 mm from trim. - Page order and orientation as the printer wants: single pages for most digital jobs, spreads only if asked. - Crop marks offset from the bleed edge, not inside it, if the printer asks for marks. Colour - Convert to the printer's CMYK profile (ask which; FOGRA39/FOGRA51 in Europe, SWOP/GRACoL in the US are common names), or follow their instruction to send RGB. - Check total ink coverage stays under the stock limit (about 300% coated, 260% uncoated, as a convention). - Use K only for small black text; rich black (e.g. 60/40/40/100) for big solid areas; never 400% registration black. - Soft-proof vivid RGB colours: neon and highly saturated tones fall outside CMYK. ... full output on the tool page
What you get
Grouped checks for setup, colour, images, type, finishing files, export and delivery
What it cannot do
Items are common practice; the printer's own spec sheet always wins.
Who it is for
- Designers
Free and Pro
| Free | 25 runs a day per IP address, up to 100,000 characters a run. |
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| Pro | No daily limit, 300 requests a minute, up to 200,000 characters a run. |
Use it from your assistant
The tool is called print_file_checklist. Connect the server once, then ask for it by name or just describe the job. Install steps for each app.
claude mcp add --transport http designers https://designers.allthepossibles.com/mcpcurl -X POST https://designers.allthepossibles.com/api/print-file-checklist -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{"product":"brochure","colour":"cmyk","finishes":"spot-uv, fold"}'Try it here
The form starts with the same example input, so you can run it first and then swap in your own.
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