Printing & Export

General checklist

Before uploading your PDF, verify these things:

• Run fotobuch build release — only the release PDF has full 300 DPI, do NOT UPLOAD THE PREVIEW PDF to be printed, it will be ugly!
• Check the terminal output for DPI warnings (photos that are too small for their slot will be listed)
• Open the final PDF ({name}_final.pdf) and spot-check a few pages

Saal Digital

fotobuch generates PDFs that meet Saal Digital’s technical requirements out of the box:

• Bleed: 3 mm on all sides (configurable via config.book.bleed_mm in the YAML)
• PDF boxes: MediaBox, TrimBox, and BleedBox are set correctly — matching what InDesign would produce
• Resolution: 300 DPI for build release (configurable via config.book.dpi)

Other print services

Most print-on-demand services accept standard PDF with bleed. Adjust config.book.bleed_mm if your provider requires a different bleed size. The default 3 mm works for the majority of European providers.