In short
Print branding adds a bar along the bottom of every photo your community prints: your words, a color and finish, your logo, and optional Linxy elements. Any host can use it. It is set up with a short guided wizard in Customize, and you can see the actual print and print a test sheet before a single guest request goes out.
Scannable prints go one step further: the print carries an invisible Linxy Mark, so scanning the paper photo with the Linxy App opens that photo in the community. If your account has scannable prints turned on, each host still chooses whether to use them. The default is No, just print.
On this page
Setting up print branding
In the web app, open the community, choose Customize, and find Print branding (“Add your name, colors and logo to every print”). Choose Get started and the wizard walks through the steps below. Steps that don’t apply to your choice are left out, and the words and arrange steps can be skipped.
| Step | What you choose |
|---|---|
| How should your prints look? | Plain prints (just the photo), Branding bar (your name across the bottom), Logo on the photo (a logo in a corner), or Bar + logo |
| Choose the bar color | A bar color from colors tested to print sharp and scan well (the first one follows your accent color), and a Finish such as flat or a texture |
| What should the bar say? | A Headline (about 30 characters fits on a 4×6) and an optional Second line, such as the occasion and its date. Under Linxy on your bar you can add Linxy elements such as “Scan with the Linxy App”; some are marked (always included) |
| Arrange your print | Photo position: the bar takes the bottom of the print, so slide between Keep the top (heads), Centre and Keep the bottom to choose which part of each photo stays. Logo: No logo, or + Add logo (a PNG with a transparent background or an SVG works best). In the bar, choose Left side or Right side and a size; on the photo, drag it, size it, or snap it to a corner |
| Make prints scannable? | No, just print (the default), Yes, mark the bar, or Yes, mark the photo, and what a scan opens. If your account doesn’t have scannable prints, this step says so and everything else still prints |
| Looks good? | See the actual print, built the same way the print file is, then save |
Logos, and your old photo stamp
Logos are never marked. The photo or bar is marked first, and your logo is placed on top afterward at the same spot, so a logo never gets in the way of a scan.
If your community already used a photo stamp and it sits where the bar now goes, the wizard shows Your logo moved into the branding bar with a preview. Nothing is saved until you choose Continue, and you can put the logo back on the photo in Arrange your print. Once print branding is saved, it takes over from the older stamp settings, which remain under Stamp placement (advanced) until then. Once saved, that card is hidden and you use Change print branding instead.
Scannable prints
When scannable prints are on, each printed photo gets its own invisible Linxy Mark. Reprints of the same photo reuse the same Mark. Under When someone scans a print, open… you choose where a scan goes:
| Choice | A scan opens |
|---|---|
| This photo in the community | That photo’s post in the community album |
| The community feed | The community’s feed |
| The photo album | The whole album |
| The invitation page | The Occasion’s invitation |
| A link I choose… | Any address you enter |
Marking happens before the print is sent, including with auto-print. If branding or marking fails for a print, it still goes out — as the plain photo, with white where the bar would have been — and that print won’t scan.
What to mark
| Mark | Best for | Scan distance |
|---|---|---|
| The bar only | Photos of people. Faces and skin stay untouched | Not needed — the bar is always marked the same way, whatever you pick |
| The whole photo | Scenery, objects, photos without faces | Under More options, choose Close for prints held in the hand (4–10″) or Arm’s length for prints on a table or wall (11–20″) |
Linxy uses settings proven in test prints on photo paper, scanned with the Linxy App, so there is nothing to tune. The Mark is added at the final print size, and the file is never resized afterward.
Credits
Each marked print uses one Linxy Mark credit. Credits come first from any pool set aside for your occasion or event, then from your account’s credits. Prints beyond both are tallied and settled later — printing doesn’t stop. Branding without marking uses no credits, and previews and test sheets never do.
Checking before the event
Use See the actual print in the wizard, then Print a test sheet: a PDF with every size your community offers, exactly as they will print (unmarked). Print it on the printer and paper you will use on the day.
Symptoms, causes and fixes
| Symptom | Cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| The scannable step says Scannable prints are not turned on for your account. | Scannable prints aren’t on for your account | Contact Linxy. Your branding still prints |
| A print came out plain, with white where the bar should be | Branding or marking failed for that print | It printed anyway. Print it again; if it keeps happening, contact Linxy |
| A print won’t scan | Printer scaling, or “fit to page” in the print dialog | Print at 100% with no scaling |
| Faint texture shows on faces | The whole photo is marked | Mark the bar only |
| Your old stamp disappeared | Print branding now places the logo | Add it as the logo in Arrange your print |
| A scan opens the feed or another page, not the photo | That is the destination chosen for scans | Choose This photo in the community in the scannable step |
Related reading: Scanning a printed photo, Requesting a print, and Running the print station.