Drop a PDF, run a saved workflow, and send it print-ready — preflight, imposition, numbering and routing in one standalone Windows app. No Adobe Acrobat.
A customer sends a file. You check it, fix it, impose it, save it, and send it somewhere. Tomorrow, almost the same thing again.
Watch a raw customer PDF become an imposed, marked, print-ready sheet — in about ninety seconds.
Collapse Chamellio into a compact window that floats above whatever else you’re working in. Every card is a saved workflow — drag a PDF onto one and it runs the whole sequence, then drops the result where it belongs.
Chamellio is a file tool at heart — it prepares the PDFs your shop actually produces. Save any of these as a reusable workflow.
A customer sends a flat 8.5 × 11 with the artwork running right to the edge, but no bleed and no crop marks. Chamellio extends the bleed and drops the marks in for you — no hunting through Acrobat for a feature that was never really there.
Drop one card design and get a full press sheet: bleed added, ganged up N-up, crop marks placed, routed to the right folder.
Hand Chamellio sequential reader-order pages; it checks the count, imposes them into saddle-stitch printer spreads, and adds fold marks — so the booklet reads in order once it's printed double-sided, folded, and stapled.
One ticket design becomes a numbered run: sequential numbers stamped, duplicated, imposed up on the sheet, and saved ready to print.
Save the repeated steps — bleed, resize, impose, number, booklet, merge — as a reusable Action: a saved recipe you replay on the next file.
Run that saved Action on a new PDF through the full editor or Mini View. No re-setup, no guesswork.
Route the finished file to the Chamellio Output folder, the source folder, or a RIP hot folder — automatically.
Every tool lives in Full View — your full production workspace. Mini View is the compact, pin-on-top companion that runs saved workflows with a single drop. Same app, two ways to work.
Pricing varies by vendor, plan, reseller, and region. The point is simple: Chamellio brings the everyday production-prep workflow into one standalone app.
Most tools do one job well and need Acrobat to run. Chamellio's edge is the everyday production workflow, standalone.
| What you need | Competitors | Chamellio |
|---|---|---|
| Runs without Adobe Acrobat | Usually no | Yes |
| Preflight + imposition together | Separate tools | In one app |
| Works offline on the shop machine | Varies | Yes |
| Saved workflows, batch & routing | Rarely | Built in |
| Deep, specialized features for one task | Often yes | Focused on the everyday job |
“PDFs that looked perfect on screen, ready for press, kept coming off the press with pieces missing or funky transparency issues — it cost me more than once. Since switching to Chamellio, that problem’s been solved.”
“This new software is awesome — it’s so easy to use!”
Cancel anytime, no contract · 14-day free trial, no credit card · All updates & email support · Windows 10 & 11 (64-bit)
Founding Shop pricing is available for the first 100 shops — $100 off your first year, then it renews at the standard annual price. Need more seats? Get in touch.
Download Chamellio and try it free for 14 days — no email, no account, no credit card. If it saves you time, keep it.