School photos, printed in-house.

On a session’s Laboratory tab, choose Self-Fulfill (“You handle printing and shipping yourself”). No lab account number is needed. The session’s paid orders that contain items to produce then go to self-production batches, with their image files and a manifest.

The built-in manifest comes as XML (the ManifesteSelfFulfill structure below) or CSV, one manifest per batch or one per order, with the items combined in one manifest or split by product type. These settings are read when a batch is processed; changing them does not automatically rewrite files already generated.

If your software expects another form, paste a custom template of up to 50 KB, either global or for Prints, Other or Sports Cards, using the variable reference on screen. XML validation rejects bare placeholders for specified name, group, street-address and parent-comment fields; use the escaping helper listed in the variable reference for those fields.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ManifesteSelfFulfill version="1.0">
  <Lot>
    <NumeroLot>sample-batch-0042</NumeroLot>
    <NombreCommandes>42</NombreCommandes>
    <NombreArticles>118</NombreArticles>
  </Lot>
  <Commandes>
    <Commande>
      <NumeroCommande>KP-20261009-7QF2XA</NumeroCommande>
      <Ecole>
        <NomEcole>Maple Ridge Public School</NomEcole>
        <Eleves>
          <Eleve>
            <Prenom>First name</Prenom>
            <NomFamille>Last name</NomFamille>
            <Groupe>2A</Groupe>
          </Eleve>
        </Eleves>
      </Ecole>
      <Articles>
        <Article>
          <CodeProduit>PRINT-5x7</CodeProduit>
          <TaillePo>5x7</TaillePo>
          <Quantite>2</Quantite>
          <FichierImage>KP-20261009-7QF2XA_001_PRINT-5X7.jpg</FichierImage>
        </Article>
      </Articles>
    </Commande>
  </Commandes>
</ManifesteSelfFulfill>

Where to find it: Session → Laboratory · Settings → Laboratories → Self-Fulfillment

The production console signs in with its own account, scoped to your studio. A batch’s page lists its manifests and every image file, each with its own download link, beside the batch’s orders.

Once the prints are made, Mark as printed records the batch as produced, and Mark as shipped updates eligible unshipped orders in a production-ready batch; it does not add tracking details or send parent notifications. For an eligible home-delivery order with a complete address, the admin order page lets you mark it shipped, optionally record a carrier and tracking number, and request a parent notification (below).

Ask us to open the console when your studio starts self-producing.

Start with the settings: the manifest form your software imports, a template if it needs one, the packing slip and the label. Then try a batch before the first real session. A studio test order, activated for your studio on request, goes through your self-production in a batch of its own and sends a confirmation e-mail marked [TEST]; it is never sent to a lab.

Manifests and files downloaded to your computers may contain student and parent information: plan how to protect those local copies, and check your school board’s own rules.