The Book Printing Company
Book File Checker
Check your PDF page size, colour pages, trim, bleed and unsafe edge content before you upload your printing files.
This checker works inside your browser. Your manuscript is not uploaded to, stored on or transmitted through our server.
Choose your PDF
Select the final internal-pages PDF you intend to upload for printing.
Enter the specifications ordered
Enter all book specifications so the checker can compare your PDF with your quotation or order and calculate the binding allowance.
Keep this page open while the checker examines each page. Large books may take several minutes.
Analysis complete
Your PDF results
Document size
Trim and bleed
The checker compares the PDF TrimBox and BleedBox with the minimum bleed selected above.
Binding margins
The checker measures the text area on each page. Odd pages use the left edge for binding; even pages use the right edge.
Colour pages
Visible colour or colour-separated text and vector content was detected inside the finished TrimBox.
Black-and-white pages
No visible colour or embedded colour image data was detected on these pages.
Pages to review
A very small amount of possible colour or embedded colour image data was detected. Check these pages carefully.
Blank pages
No visible page content was detected.
View the page-by-page analysis
| Page | Size | Orientation | Result | Colour indication | Binding margin | Trim and bleed |
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Important
This checker is an author preparation aid. Colour is checked inside the finished TrimBox, so crop and trim marks outside the finished page are ignored. Colour-separated text or vector content is counted even when it appears grey on screen. Embedded RGB, CMYK or spot-colour image data that appears grey is listed for review. One-channel DeviceN Black images are treated as black and white. Final professional preflight or printing press RIP analysis may still differ.
Checker version 0.1.15