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Using AWS Lambda functions to create print ready files

In a nutshell, Peecho is all about turning your digital content into professionally printed products. Although it might look like a simple task, a lot of stuff happens behind the scenes to make that possible. In this article, we’re going to tell you about our  processing architecture as well as at a recent performance improvement with the integration of AWS Lambda functions.

Print-ready files

In order to make digital content ready for printing facilities, there are some procedures that must occur after the order is received and before the final printing. In printing industry this process is called pre-press and the Peecho platform fully automates its initial stages before routing orders to printers.

Once the file has been created by the customer and uploaded to Peecho, it undergoes our processing stage. During processing, the file is checked to make sure it contains all the elements necessary for a successful print run: do the images have the proper format and resolution, are all the fonts included, are the RGB/CMYK colors set up appropriately, are all layout elements such as margins, crop marks and bleeds set up correctly, etc.

All these checks are automated by our backend systems. The entire process is Continue reading