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XLR8 Print

Newspaper maker · 12 Indian languages · A FlutterFly product

Your newsroom gets its nights back

XLR8 Print takes your approved stories to a press-ready PDF, in twelve Indian languages, so tomorrow’s paper never depends on one overworked operator.

Tonight

Pages built late at night by one trained operator, on expensive software, from copy scattered everywhere.

With XLR8 Print

Stories wait on one desk, templates fill the pages, you check the preview and export the press PDF.

Pay once

A one-time licence with onboarding and support. Web app and Android, in the language your readers read.

Languages
12 Indian languages
Templates
80+ ready layouts
Output
Press PDF · website · e-paper
Licence
From ₹22,999, one-time
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Chapter 01Sound familiar?

Your paper is made every night, against the clock.

Local and district papers matter to millions of readers, in their own language. But the way pages get made is fragile: late, manual, and dependent on one person.

11:04 pm · a district newsroom

The stories are approved. Eight pages still need building, and the press wants a PDF by two.

A composite night, built from the problems publishers describe.

11:04 pm0 / 8 pages built
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Press deadline: 2:00 am

Where the copy is

Everywhere. A reporters’ chat, an inbox, thirty-eight portal tabs. Someone has to collect it all again.

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Inboxpress note (2).docxad: quarter page, tue
News portal · 38 tabs open

Who builds the pages

One trained operator. If they’re sick tonight, the paper doesn’t come out.

Operator नहीं आया?

(The operator didn’t show up?)

Tomorrow’s edition: at risk

How they build them

By opening last night’s file and starting over. Every single night.

Recent files

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Every night, a copy of last night.

XLR8 Print

One dashboard that turns that night into a repeatable workflow, which anyone on the team can run.

Dashboard
XLR8 Print dashboard with the Studio launcher and shortcuts
Chapter 02Meet XLR8 Print

One dashboard where the whole paper gets made.

These are the real screens your team will use. Hover to pause the tour, or tap through yourself.

Dashboard
XLR8 Print Dashboard screen

Your whole newsroom, one page

A calm start: one Studio launcher to make the next edition, and every other tool a tap away.

Chapter 03How it works

Three steps from approved story to press PDF.

XLR8 Print never replaces your editor. It makes sure the paper doesn’t depend on one person’s night. Try each step below.

Step 01

Collect every story on one desk

Copy arrives through chats, inboxes and portals. Building pages straight from that mess means hunting for stories while the clock runs.

What you get

  • A Story Desk queue with status, priority and photos
  • Only approved copy reaches the page, in order
  • Send the same story to your website with one tap

Try it →

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Story Desk

Tap the stories above to file them here.

Every story in one queue, in order, before anyone touches a page.

Step 02

Let it fill the pages, keep the editor in charge

Manual layout is slow and needs a trained operator. Fully automatic layout is fast, and nobody trusts a black box with tomorrow’s front page.

What you get

  • 80+ reusable templates and auto-fill do the placing
  • Live preview, quick edits and the Super Editor
  • Export the press PDF only when you’re happy

Try it →

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XLR8 Print

Templates + auto-fill do the placing. Try it.

Step 03

Publish in the language your readers read

Most layout tools are built for English and patched for everything else. Indian scripts break them: taller glyphs, conjuncts, and Urdu running right to left.

What you get

  • Twelve Indian languages, each a first-class script
  • Text fitting and the PDF check work the same in every one
  • Urdu flips the whole page, right to left

Try it →

Page 1Left-to-right

अख़बार तैयार कीजिए। उसकी पहुंच बढ़ाइए। प्रकाशन को मजबूत बनाइए।

✓ Fits the frame

The real headline from the site, in eight of its twelve languages. Urdu flips the whole page.

Chapter 04Why switch

What changes the night you switch.

Four things local publishers told us again and again, and what XLR8 Print does about each one.

Before

One operator carries the night

A single trained DTP operator builds the whole edition. If they’re out, tomorrow’s paper is at risk.

With XLR8 Print → anyone on your team can run the edition, from the web or an Android phone.

Before

The software costs more than the paper earns

Professional layout tools carry licences many district publishers simply can’t justify.

With XLR8 Print → one-time licence priced for local papers, with onboarding included.

Before

Copy arrives from everywhere

Stories, photos and ads come in through chats, email and portals, and get hunted down again every night.

With XLR8 Print → one Story Desk where approved copy waits in order.

Before

Every edition starts from scratch

Pages get rebuilt from old files each night, and the PDF check waits until the very end.

With XLR8 Print → 80+ templates, live preview, and a press PDF that’s ready when you are.

Chapter 05It’s live

It’s live, and making real papers.

XLR8 Print is a working product, built and supported by FlutterFly. The editions in its Page History are real pages, in real languages.

Live

12 languages

From Hindi and Urdu to Tamil, Kannada and Odia.

Live

80+ templates

Ready layouts to start each edition from.

Live

Print + digital

Press PDF, news website and e-paper from one system.

Live

Web + Android

Run the edition from the office or from your phone.

The best newsroom tool is the one that still works when the one person who knows it is off sick.

[ Pricing ]

One-time licences

No subscription. Pay once, then only for extra pages.

Publisher

One newspaper

₹22,999

One-time licence

  • 1 publisher, 1 newspaper
  • Up to 3 editions
  • 10 launch pages included
  • ₹25 per additional page
  • Onboarding and support
Get started

Agency

DTP and production teams

₹79,999

One-time licence

  • Multiple publishers and newspapers
  • Up to 10 editions in total
  • Separate setups per publisher
  • 10 shared launch pages
  • Onboarding and support
Get started

Enterprise

Large production teams

₹3,80,000

One-time licence

  • Multiple publishers and newspapers
  • Unlimited editions
  • Separate setups per publisher
  • Onboarding and support
Get started

Connected website, e-paper and billing services are included while pages are produced through XLR8 Print.

[ Questions ]

Asked often.

No. It builds pages from stories your newsroom has already approved. It does not verify whether a story is true or legally safe to publish, and it does not replace an editor's decisions about sourcing, priority, language, rights or final approval.

Yes. Generation does not lock the layout. Every frame, headline, image and column stays editable in Super Editor before you export the PDF.

Hindi, Urdu, English, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi and Odia. This is newspaper output language; the app interface and support are not translated into all twelve.

Each licence is a one-time fee with onboarding and support. Publisher and Agency include 10 launch pages, then ₹25 per additional page. Connected website, e-paper and billing services are included while pages are produced through XLR8 Print.

Download the 300-dpi sample PDF from xlr8print.in and check it with your printer. Test your own language, page size, ads, fonts and printer requirements before going to press.

Get started

Make tomorrow’s paper before midnight.

We set up your newspaper, your templates and your team, then stay on to support you.

Start onboarding ↗Talk to us first

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XLR8 PrintPublisher licence

One newspaper

₹22,999

One-time licence · no subscription

  • 1 publisher, 1 newspaper
  • Up to 3 editions
  • 10 launch pages included
  • ₹25 per additional page
  • Onboarding and support
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