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Every tool on this site stays free. Pro adds what you need for work you come back to.

Free

Every tool, as it is today, with no account.

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  • All free tools
  • Standard export
  • —No ads
  • —Save editable projects
  • —Templates
  • —Pro tools: Composer and more
  • —Advanced export
  • —BoxLab.io Premium

Pro

Saved projects, templates and the press-sheet tools for regular work.

$10/ month
  • All free tools
  • Standard export
  • No ads
  • Save editable projects
  • Templates
  • Pro tools: Composer and more
  • Advanced export
  • —BoxLab.io Premium

Pro

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All Access

Everything in Pro, plus BoxLab.io Premium for packaging design.

$15/ month
  • All free tools
  • Standard export
  • No ads
  • Save editable projects
  • Templates
  • Pro tools: Composer and more
  • Advanced export
  • BoxLab.io Premium

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  • Packaging mockups

    Put your artwork on a box, a bag or a can and take a picture for the shop.

  • Separation preview

    See each ink of a file on its own plate, with the total ink coverage.

  • Print cost calculator

    Sheets, inks, finishing and waste added up into a price for a run.

  • QR code designer

    Branded QR codes that still scan, as vector files for print.

  • Roll label layout

    Labels laid out across a roll, with gaps, repeat and the die line.

Every detail in your PDF,
under control

Open, edit and inspect PDF files directly in your browser. Arrange pages, add text, images and notes, check fonts, colors and print settings, fix common issues and save a print-ready document. C’est gratuit. Vraiment.

Nothing is uploaded.
Your PDF is opened and processed on your own machine.
Vector stays vector.
Saved PDFs keep their vector objects and fonts.
Built for print.
Page boxes, preflight profiles and fixes that are safe to make.
PDF, images or ZIP.
Save the document, or its pages as PNG or JPEG.

What it does

A PDF, from the first page to the print-ready file

Page tools, editing, a look inside the file, a print preflight and optimization, in one workspace.

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Pages

Pages in order

  • Reorder, insert, delete, rotate, duplicate and extract pages
  • Change page size: resize, scale, fit or extend
  • Media, Crop, Bleed, Trim and Art boxes, and page numbers
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Edit

Add to the page

  • Text, images and shapes
  • Notes, comments, highlight, underline and strikeout
  • Freehand, rectangles, ellipses, arrows, stamps and a visual signature
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Inspect

Look inside

  • Fonts with embedding, subsetting and encoding
  • Images with their effective PPI
  • Color spaces, spot inks, objects and editable metadata
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Preflight

Ready for print

  • Profiles for digital, offset, large format, packaging and screen printing, or your own
  • Errors, warnings and notes, each one shown on its page
  • Fixes for boxes, hairlines, white overprint, JavaScript, attachments and links; a report as PDF, JSON or CSV
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Optimize

Lighter files

  • Presets from lossless to small
  • Images downsampled to a target PPI and recompressed
  • Structure cleaned up, with the size before and after
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Save

Save your way

  • A PDF with its vectors and fonts kept
  • Pages as PNG or JPEG
  • Everything together in a ZIP

How it works

How you get a print-ready PDF

From the file you have to the file the press needs.

1

Open a PDF

Drop a PDF into the workspace. Pages and document information appear at once.

2

Make changes

Rearrange pages, set page sizes and boxes, add text, images and notes.

3

Inspect the file

Check fonts, images, colors, transparency and document structure.

4

Run preflight

Find production issues and apply the fixes that are safe to make.

5

Save your PDF

Choose what to save and download the updated document.

Where it is used

For anyone who sends PDFs to print

Wherever a file has to be right before it leaves your hands.

Printers and prepress

Check incoming files, set page boxes and fix what is safe to fix before plating.

Packaging

Trim and bleed boxes, spot inks and overprint on packaging artwork.

Designers

Fonts, image resolution and colors checked before the artwork goes to the printer.

Marketing

Brochures and flyers assembled, numbered and annotated for review.

Publishing

Pages reordered and numbered, and files made smaller for the web.

Office work

Notes, stamps and a signature added, and the pages you need extracted.

Questions

Before you start

Check your PDF

Free, in your browser, and the file stays with you.