Photo lab printing features
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What is a studio-to-lab ordering portal?
A studio-to-lab ordering portal gives photography studios a dedicated way to submit album printing requests to a lab. The workflow brings together the selected product, specifications, artwork, and delivery details, rather than asking the lab to assemble a job from unrelated messages.
Make the studio handoff complete
Invite photography studios into the ordering workflow and help them understand the lab’s catalog. Ask for the artwork and specifications needed for production. Review the request with the studio before accepting a job if a file, finish, quantity, or delivery instruction is unclear.
Separate client approval from lab production
A photographer’s client may need to approve the album design before the studio submits print-ready artwork. Treat approval and production as connected but distinct steps. Confirm the approved version and final product choices before the lab begins printing, then coordinate quality control and delivery.
Questions about studio-to-lab ordering
Who submits orders through this workflow?
Photography studios submit album printing requests to the lab. The lab reviews the artwork, product choices, and delivery details before coordinating production.
How does this relate to album proofing?
Album proofing helps a studio review the design with its client. Studio-to-lab ordering hands the final artwork and printing specifications to the lab after the relevant approvals.
How can a studio avoid sending the wrong artwork?
Confirm the final approved album design before submitting the print request. Check that the supplied artwork matches the selected size, page count, and production instructions, and resolve any uncertainty with the lab before printing.
Explore the connected workflow
Album Order Management →
Manage album printing orders with clear specifications, artwork, studio communication, production handoffs, and delivery details in Pixsoffice.
Print Production Tracking →
Coordinate photo lab production with job planning, team tasks, quality checks, and delivery priorities using Pixsoffice print production workflows.
Lab Catalog & Pricing →
Organize photo lab album catalogs with sizes, paper options, covers, finishes, and pricing so photography studios can place clearer printing orders.
Album proofing →
Review an album design before handing approved artwork to the lab.
Photography studio CRM →
Connect lab ordering with the wider photography studio workflow.
Discuss your lab workflow →
Talk through your catalog, order intake, and production process.
