Upload your artwork and get a clear, press-ready report your whole team can act on. Spot colors, dielines, bleed and barcodes. Every issue flagged and paired with a plain-language fix. Catch the problems that cause reprints, before your file reaches the press.
Bring Preflight into your workflow. Explore Enterprise →A preflight checks your packaging artwork for the problems that stop a print run, before it ever reaches the press. Here's what your team sees.
PDF, AI, or EPS up to 75 MB. Choose digital labels, flexo, flexible packaging, or folding carton.
It checks your file against real packaging rules like dielines, bleed, spot colors and barcodes, and catches the issues that would stop a print run.
Findings sorted by what matters (critical, warning, info), each explained in plain terms with a clear fix, so anyone on the team can act on it.
From a plant processing thousands of files to a designer checking a handful, every role works from the same checks and the same plain-language report.
Verify every incoming customer file automatically on arrival, at volume, connected to your MIS, with no change to how your team works.
Talk to us →A consistent first-pass check your team can run on every incoming file, before it reaches a trained operator.
Start a seat →Confirm your artwork is production-ready before you hand it off. Preflight catches the issues a prepress operator would, and explains how to fix each one.
Run 5 free →Every file a customer sends, checked automatically the moment it lands, before it reaches a press operator. Full API access, deep reporting and Quick Check, and a white-labeled portal branded as your own, connected to your MIS and prepress systems. Delivered as a subscription with guided setup, not a multi-month deployment.
Talk to us about Enterprise →"After years in packaging sales, one thing always stood out: the knowledge in pre-press is deep, but it almost never reaches the customer in a way they can use. We built Preflight to close that gap. The tools to catch these problems always existed. They just weren't built for the people who need them most: the sales reps, the CSRs, the small shops without a dedicated preflight operator."
A preflight is only as good as what it catches, and how well it explains the fix.
No cryptic error codes. Every finding tells you exactly what to change, and where.
A stray RGB image, a mislabeled dieline, a likely typo: the things a checklist walks right past.
Critical vs. nice-to-fix, sorted, so you know what actually stops the run.
It understands packaging structure, not just PDF syntax: dielines, seals, finished size.
Every check is written for packaging production and tuned to your print method, packaging type, and substrate. Every finding comes with a clear fix.
A production label, exactly as a customer would send it. Here's the full report: every finding paired with a clear fix, plus the key specs it could pull from the file.
Fix: convert the logo to CMYK. RGB art shifts unpredictably on press and won't match your other panels.
Fix: outline or embed every font so type can't reflow or substitute on the printer's system.
Fix: reads like it should be “Botanical.” Confirm the spelling before the plates are cut.
Fix: bump reverse text to at least 5 pt, or set it in a single ink, so it holds cleanly on press.
When the specs are in the artwork, the report pulls them out (finished size, bleed, dieline) so there's less to measure by hand off a proof.
Preflight is built for packaging production, so every check maps to something that can stop a print run. Here is what each one looks for, and why it matters across labels, flexible packaging and folding cartons.
We detect the dieline and read the finished size, safe zone, and cut and fold marks, so your artwork lines up with the structure it will be die-cut into.
We confirm artwork runs past the trim on every side and that critical copy sits inside the safe zone, so nothing important gets trimmed off or cut too close.
We check spot names and suffixes against your print method and flag stray or duplicate separations, so your plates and inks match what the press expects.
We grade barcodes for scannability and check quiet zones and magnification against GS1 guidance, so codes scan cleanly at retail the first time.
We flag low-resolution images that would look soft on press, plus RGB art that needs converting to CMYK before it shifts color.
We confirm fonts are outlined or embedded and flag type set too small or reversed too thin to hold cleanly on your substrate.
Every print method and substrate has its own rules. Preflight ships purpose-built profiles, not averaged guesses.
Pressure-sensitive on HP Indigo, Xeikon or inkjet. Spot colors, bleed, dieline, resolution, barcodes.
Pressure-sensitive on flexo presses. Spot plates, trapping, dieline and barcodes.
Stand-up pouches, flat pouches, roll stock. Reverse-printed flexo on BOPP / PET / foil.
Paperboard on SBS, CCNB or FBB. Dieline, bleed, ink coverage and structural checks.
A missed error doesn't just trigger a $500 to $5,000 reprint. It pushes back your delivery date and ties up press time you've already booked. Catching it upfront, for $79.99 a seat per month, keeps the job on schedule and the budget intact.
Run us alongside your existing prepress software as the fast first-pass anyone can use, or on your own.
We're packaging-native and browser-based, and add an AI read no rule engine can match.
We ship packaging-tuned profiles out of the box and explain every fix in plain language.
We're the mid-market alternative, focused on preflight and live in your browser today.
A preflight checks your packaging artwork for the problems that stop a print run: bleed, spot colors, dielines, resolution, barcodes and more, before the file goes to press. Preflight.art does it automatically and explains every fix in plain language.
No. Your first 5 preflights run on real files with no account and no payment details. You only create an account when you're ready to subscribe.
PDF, Adobe Illustrator (.ai) and EPS files up to 75 MB, including artwork exported from Illustrator, InDesign and most prepress tools.
Digital and flexo labels, flexible packaging like stand-up and flat pouches and roll stock, and folding cartons. Each format gets its own purpose-built profile rather than one averaged set of rules.
Yes. Barcodes are graded for scannability, with quiet zones and magnification checked against GS1 guidance, so codes scan cleanly at retail.
No. Preflight runs in your browser. Upload a PDF, AI or EPS file and get a report you can act on, with no plugin or install.
It slots in as a fast first pass. Upload a file and get a plain-language report anyone can act on before it reaches a trained operator or goes to press, with no plugin or install. If you already run prepress software, Preflight flags problems earlier and lets more of the team check a file; if you don't, it stands on its own. And for higher-volume teams, our Enterprise tier integrates directly into your production workflow via API, so files are preflighted automatically as they move through your pipeline.
Preflight catches the vast majority of press-stopping issues early and pairs each with a clear fix. Think of it as an expert first pass, a second set of eyes on every file before it leaves your hands, not a replacement for your printer's final check. Confirm anything critical with your print provider before the job ships.
Five full preflights on your actual production artwork. No account, no card. See exactly what a prepress check would catch, before it costs a reprint.