How PaperReady works

Browsers deliberately can't see your printers or print silently. That's a security rule, not a bug. PaperReady bridges the gap the same way Zebra, DYMO and PrintNode do: a tiny local agent. Ours is brand-agnostic, prints at true size, and sets up in a few steps.

Web App

paperready.studio

Print Bridge

this computer

Label Printer

Zebra · DYMO · Rollo

The three pieces

The web app
Design a label (text, barcodes, QR, logos) or pick a saved one, then hit print. Runs in any browser; nothing to install here.
The Print Bridge
A small desktop agent on the computer with the printer. It's the only part that touches your hardware, and it binds to your machine alone.
Your printer
Whatever your OS already knows about: Zebra, DYMO, Rollo, Brother, MUNBYN, or a plain office printer for Avery sheets.

Set up in a few steps

Install the Print Bridge. A small background app for Windows, macOS or Linux. It binds only to your own machine (loopback) and PDF export works without installation.
Allow local access. The first time, your browser asks to connect to devices on your local network. Choose Allow. That's what lets the page reach the Bridge.
Your printers appear. Label printers are detected and highlighted automatically: after their compatible drivers are installed in your operating system.
Design and print. Compose a label at true size (or drop in a saved design or a 4×6 PDF) and print: straight to the printer, or as raw ZPL.

Ready to try it?

Get the free agent

Free on one computer · no account needed · PDF export works without installation

Four ways to trigger a print

However a job starts, it ends at the same Print Bridge and prints at true size.

From the Print Bench

Design or pick a label in the web app and print: one at a time, or a whole batch.

From a spreadsheet

Map a CSV to a saved design and print the entire run at once. Mail-merge →

From Shopify

Connect a store and every new order auto-prints a label on your bench. Shopify →

From your own app

Call the cloud API from your backend to print to your users' local printers. Cloud API →

Private by design

The Bridge never opens an inbound port to the internet. It listens only on localhost: plain HTTP on 127.0.0.1, plus TLS via local.paperready.studio, which resolves to 127.0.0.1 with a real certificate so a secure page can reach it. When you print locally, the label goes straight from your browser to the Bridge to the printer. It never touches our servers. When you use the cloud API, the job is relayed to your Bridge and the payload is deleted the moment it prints.

Questions

Do I have to install anything?

Just the free Print Bridge, on the computer with the printer. The label designer and PDF export run in your browser. Installing the bridge is optional for those workflows.

Which operating systems are supported?

Windows, macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel) and Linux. Check the download page for current build formats, signing status and platform limitations.

Is it safe to let a website reach my printer?

Yes. The Bridge only listens on your own machine, never opens a port to the internet, and only paperready.studio can talk to it. When you print locally, your label data never leaves the computer.

Can I print from more than one computer?

Yes. Install the Bridge on each machine and pair it to your workspace. Free covers one workstation; Pro and Business cover more, with a dashboard across all of them.

Do I need an account to print?

No. Printing works on one computer with no account. Sign in only when you want to sync printers, saved designs and job history across machines.

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