Cookbook print setup

Family cookbook print setup checklist

Prepare a family cookbook for printing with page size, margins, bleed, image resolution, color, binding, proof copy, and final PDF checks.

Create recipe book brief Check paid fit after the brief

Best for

Families ordering keepsake copies
Designers handing off print-ready PDFs
Editors preparing a proof copy

What the handoff includes

Printer specification checklist
Image and margin review
Binding and paper notes
Proof-copy approval handoff

Workflow

Ask the printer for specifications.
Set page size and margins.
Review image quality and page order.
Order and approve a proof before the full run.

Review safeguards

Do not assume one printer's settings fit another.
Check bleed, safe area, fonts, and image resolution.
Keep the approved final PDF clearly versioned.

Service boundary

FamilyRecipeLegacyAI helps organize, transcribe, and format private family recipes. It does not provide nutrition, allergy, food safety, legal, or publishing advice. Families should review every ingredient, measure, name, and story before sharing or printing.

When paid recipe book prep is worth it

Buy the $49 starter after the free brief has a small sample or first 8-12 pages, enough context for OCR review, chapter planning, measurement flags, and one family reviewer. Use the $149 full prep when the family needs a fuller private booklet handoff with source mapping, permissions, proof tracking, contributor notes, archive structure, and private sharing planning. Skip payment if you need scanning, perfect OCR, physical printing, public publishing, file-permission changes, messages sent, nutrition, allergy, food-safety, copyright, legal, publishing, or printer advice, or guaranteed transcription, print quality, delivery, refunds, privacy, approval, sales, or revenue.