kdp:print

Build a print interior PDF sized for Amazon KDP: no cover page, KDP margin presets, and bleed applied around the project trim.

papyrus kdp:print
papyrus kdp:print --theme light
papyrus kdp:print -t dark -e /path/to/out

Requires kdp.print.enabled => true.

Options

Option	Short	Default	Meaning
`--dir`	`-d`	current directory	Book root
`--export`	`-e`	`export/`	Output directory
`--theme`	`-t`	first configured theme	PDF theme for interior layout

Output

export/<slug>-kdp-print.pdf

Print config

'kdp' => [
    'print' => [
        'enabled' => true,
        'bleed_mm' => 3,
        'margin_preset' => 'recommended', // or 'minimum'
        'paper' => 'white',               // cream, etc. — metadata only
    ],
],

Bleed

Bleed expands the page and margins:

Page width / height each increase by 2 × bleed_mm
Every margin increases by bleed_mm

Default bleed_mm is 3.

Margin presets (mm, before bleed)

Preset	Left	Right	Top	Bottom
`recommended`	12.7	9.525	12.7	12.7
`minimum`	9.525	6.35	9.525	9.525

Unknown preset names fall back to recommended.

Paper

print.paper is written into the KDP metadata sidecar and used for wrap-cover spine estimates (white or cream). It does not change PDF colour or stock — choose white vs cream in the KDP dashboard to match.

After a successful build, Papyrus prints a wrap-cover estimate from the interior page count (Amazon’s published inches-per-page formula + 0.125" bleed). Use kdp:cover --dimensions to recalculate later.

Trim size

Uses the same document.size / document.format as your regular PDFs. papyrus doctor warns when trim falls outside KDP bounds (width 101.6–215.9 mm, height 152.4–279.4 mm). List presets with papyrus sizes.

Cover

The print PDF omits the cover page. Export wraparound / ebook cover files with kdp:cover.

kdp:print

#Options

#Output

#Print config