Print Ready
On-device CMYK print export for Figma. Design flyers, posters, business cards, brochures, and booklets, then hand your printer a file they accept on the first try: bleed, crop marks, and press-ready PDF/X-1a. The color conversion, the PDF, the TIFF, all of it runs on your machine, so your artwork never leaves the file.
Why this plugin
Figma is a screen-first RGB tool, but print shops want CMYK files with bleed, trim boxes, and enough resolution. Print Ready adds the missing pieces in one plugin window, with no server and no account. Everything renders locally - your artwork never leaves your computer. The design and preflight tools are free; press-ready output (CMYK PDF/X-1a, CMYK TIFF, the upscaler) is Pro, $9.99/month.
How it compares
Read the comment threads under other print and CMYK plugins and the same complaints repeat. Print Ready was built against that list:
| Complaint under other print plugins | Print Ready |
|---|---|
| "It uploads my artwork to their server to convert it" | Everything renders locally; the manifest technically cannot reach any host except license validation. Verifiable, not a promise. |
| "No free tier - I paid just to find out it doesn't fit" | Templates, guides, DPI checks, soft proof, PNG/JPG export, and the full PDF preview are free forever. You see exactly what Pro exports before paying. |
| "The print shop rejected the file" | Real PDF/X-1a with TrimBox/BleedBox and a declared output intent (FOGRA39, GRACoL, SWOP, Japan Color…), not just a PDF with marks drawn on it. Details. |
| "Exports come out the wrong physical size" | Built on Figma's exact 1 px = 1 pt mapping, with a rescale tool for frames designed at "300 DPI" pixel sizes. |
| "It printed blurry" | A DPI checker flags every low-resolution image before export - with a one-click upscaler. |
| "One page at a time" | Multi-page PDFs, page ordering, 2-up spreads, and saddle-stitch booklet imposition. |
| "No dielines / no cut contour" | Dielines with overprint and the plate names shops expect: CutContour, KissCut, Crease, Varnish. |
| "Cancelled but kept getting charged", "support never replies" | Billing runs on a merchant of record with self-service cancellation and automatic invoices (incl. GST/VAT); when a subscription ends the plugin just returns to the free tier. And these docs exist so questions have answers. |
Tools
Setup
Create frames at exact physical sizes with bleed, safe margins, and guides, in mm, cm, or inches.
DPI checker
Find every image that will print blurry, jump to it, and upscale it to the target resolution.
CMYK and soft proof
See ink values for every color and preview how vivid RGB shifts on a coated press.
PDF export
Multi-page CMYK PDF/X-1a with crop marks, trim boxes, dielines, imposition, and presets.