Everything your printer asks for, without leaving the canvas.
Select your frames and PressReady PDF handles the parts that usually bounce a file back: bleed, marks, safe zones, and the colour conversion that trips designers up.
The output
A real PDF/X, marks and all.
Your frame comes out as a true print-ready PDF/X with the bleed filled, crop marks sitting clear of the artwork, the trim and bleed boxes set exactly where the press expects them, and a CMYK output intent embedded. Hand it to any printer.
Bleed, two ways
Already built bleed into your frame? Keep it inside. Need it added? Switch to extend and PressReady PDF grows the frame and stretches the background out past the cut, using 3 mm or your own value.
Crop & trim marks
Added automatically where the printer expects them. They sit clear of the bleed, with trim and bleed boxes baked into the PDF.
Safe-zone guide
A dashed margin keeps headlines and logos away from the cut. It guides you on the canvas and stays out of the final PDF.
Live CMYK check
See every fill, stroke and gradient stop as it'll print, with anything too ink-heavy flagged before it muddies on press. Tag your Pantone spots while you're there.
Many frames, one file
Export a whole set as a single multi-page PDF in reading order, or create one file per frame to suit your printer.
Never touches your work
Preview on the canvas as a separate Print-Ready copy. Your originals are never moved or resized. ⌘Z or Remove undoes everything.
From artboards to a file you can send in three steps.
1 Select
Pick your frames
One frame or a whole set. PressReady PDF reads your selection and shows the final printed size of each.
2 Set bleed
Bleed & check colour
Set your bleed and placement, glance at the live schematic, and review any colours that shift in CMYK.
3 Export
Export & send
One click writes a print-ready PDF/X with bleed, marks, page boxes, and real CMYK baked in. Send it on.
No surprises at the printer
Honest about colour.
Two print standards, both produced entirely on your machine. PDF/X-4 keeps the artwork colour-managed and PDF/X-1a converts every pixel to DeviceCMYK. Pick the one your printer requests.
PDF/X-4 · colour-managed
The everyday print PDF
A true PDF/X with your colour profile attached as an output intent, so the press knows exactly how to read your artwork. Right for the vast majority of jobs.
The colour check shows what the press will see before you send. The result is generated offline, in a click.
PDF/X-1a · DeviceCMYK
Exact CMYK separations
Need the file already split into DeviceCMYK? PressReady PDF converts every pixel with a professional ICC engine (LittleCMS) and a GRACoL profile, then embeds it as a real CMYK PDF/X-1a.
No conversion service, cold start, or upload. Get the exact separations a fussy shop wants, generated on your machine.
Free, open source, and yours to keep.
PressReady PDF runs entirely in the plugin. There is no server, account, or per-export cost, so there is nothing to charge for. It's MIT-licensed: use it, fork it, or ship it inside your own tools.
# Add it to Figma — no build needed# 1. Unzip pressready-pdf-plugin.zip# 2. Open the Figma desktop app# 3. Plugins → Development →# Import plugin from manifest…# 4. Choose manifest.json# Select your frames and run.
