A versioned artwork library
Every artwork, its versions and its history in one place, visible to exactly the people and stores it belongs to.
Artwork approval · for brands and their estates
Artwork approval that holds up in an audit
Every proof, every version and every comment lives beside the artwork itself. Sign-off is recorded, dated and attributable — the end of a PDF called final_final_v7 and an approval buried in an inbox.
The problem
Approved by email, found at the press
An approval in an email thread is an approval nobody can find. Which version was signed, and by whom? Was the font embedded, the picture sharp enough at the size it prints? Those questions get asked at the press — the most expensive place to ask them.
How it works
Artwork approval, step by step
01
Upload
The print-ready PDF goes into the artwork library as a version of its job, never over the top of the last one.
02
Preflight
Fonts embedded, image resolution at the size it prints, colour space, trim and bleed and page count — checked before anyone is asked to sign.
03
Comment and approve
Comments sit on the artwork itself. Sign-off can be staged — a reviewer, then an approver — and every decision is recorded.
04
Release
The approved version goes forward to order; every earlier version is kept, with what changed between them.
What it does
Artwork approval: what it does
Preflight at the printed size
A 300 dpi picture enlarged to twice its size is a 150 dpi picture on the press. Resolution is measured where it prints, not where it was saved.
Staged sign-off queues
Everything waiting for a decision, across campaigns and orders, in one queue — reviewed, then approved, each step attributed.
Language versions
Translations kept beside the original artwork they translate, approved in the same way.
Licensed typefaces
The fonts a brand has licensed kept with the artwork that uses them, so a file is never sent to press with a substitute.
An audit trail
Who approved what, when, and which version — a record that stands up when someone asks months later.
Questions
Artwork approval: what people ask
What does the preflight check?
That fonts are embedded, that images are sharp enough at the size they print, the colour space, the trim and bleed boxes and the page count — before anyone is asked to approve the file.
Can approval go through more than one person?
Yes. Approvals can be staged, a reviewer first and an approver after, and each decision is recorded with who made it and when.
Do we lose earlier versions?
No. Every version is kept, so you can see what changed and exactly which one was signed off.
Who can see the artwork library?
Only the people and stores each artwork belongs to: every artwork, logo, typeface and cutter guide is visible to exactly those it is for.
Works with
Licensed on its own, better together
Every module shares one estate and one sign-in, so adding the next is a decision, not a migration.
Artwork versioning
A press-ready version of the artwork for every row of a spreadsheet, fonts untouched.
Campaign management
One brief allocated across every store by profile, packed, sent and proved in place.
Print management
Approved lines become print orders, priced across trade printers and tracked to the door.
Packaging in 3D
The cutter guide read from the press file and the artwork folded into a box on screen.
Request access
Get your estate on Inkari
Access is by invitation — tell us about your estate and we will set it up properly, with your stores, your products and your suppliers in place from day one. We reply within one working day.
- A guided walkthrough with your own campaign as the example
- Your estate structured before you first sign in
- Licence only the modules you need — add more when they earn their place
- No self-serve trial to fight with — a person, then a portal
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