diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9e74036d6..3a6ed8573 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@ kurbo = "0.13"
 zip = { version = "8", default-features = false, features = ["deflate"] }
 roxmltree = "0.20"
 tiny-skia = "0.11"
+# PDF writer shared by desktop export and the web export/preview/print path.
+printpdf = { version = "0.9.1", default-features = false, features = ["images"] }
+# TrueType subsetting for searchable PDF text (same version printpdf itself
+# uses, so no new binary enters the lockfile). Same feature set as printpdf's
+# own allsorts use (pure-Rust flate backend) — the defaults would drag in the
+# libz-sys C dependency. Pure Rust, so the web build embeds
+# the same subsets.
+allsorts = { version = "0.16", default-features = false, features = ["flate2_rust"] }
 # Rasterises assets/logo.svg into the window icon at startup, so the taskbar
 # icon comes from the same file every other build target does. Already in the
 # tree behind iced's svg feature; named here only to use it directly.
@@ -102,12 +110,6 @@ meshopt = "0.6.2"
 i18n-embed = { version = "0.16", features = ["desktop-requester"] }
 rayon = "1"
 open = "5"
-printpdf = { version = "0.9.1", default-features = false, features = ["images"] }
-# TrueType subsetting for searchable PDF text (same version printpdf itself
-# uses, so no new binary enters the lockfile). Same feature set as printpdf's
-# own allsorts use (pure-Rust flate backend) — the defaults would drag in the
-# libz-sys C dependency. Native-only like printpdf.
-allsorts = { version = "0.16", default-features = false, features = ["flate2_rust"] }
 ureq = { version = "3", default-features = false, features = ["rustls", "platform-verifier", "win-system-proxy"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dependencies]
diff --git a/src/app/update/file.rs b/src/app/update/file.rs
index 78e51ec7a..bfb5d8ead 100644
--- a/src/app/update/file.rs
+++ b/src/app/update/file.rs
@@ -5881,6 +5881,7 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
             },
             stamp: d.stamp,
             merge_lines: d.merge_lines,
+            quality: crate::io::pdf_export::PlotQuality::from_dialog(&d.quality),
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/io/pdf_export.rs b/src/io/pdf_export.rs
index eee3a235f..c03bedb31 100644
--- a/src/io/pdf_export.rs
+++ b/src/io/pdf_export.rs
@@ -10,12 +10,9 @@
 
 use crate::io::plot_style::PlotStyleTable;
 use crate::scene::model::hatch_model::HatchModel;
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 use crate::scene::model::hatch_model::HatchPattern;
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 use crate::scene::model::wire_model::SearchableTextRun;
 use crate::scene::WireModel;
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 use printpdf::{
     BlendMode, BuiltinFont, Codepoint, Color, ExtendedGraphicsState, ExtendedGraphicsStateId,
     FontId, Line, LineCapStyle, LineDashPattern, LineJoinStyle, LinePoint, Mm, Op, PaintMode,
@@ -29,54 +26,37 @@ use std::path::Path;
 // the scene, the print pipeline and every other call site keep compiling.
 pub use super::plot::{
     PlotContent, PlotGroupSplits, PlotImage, PlotOptions as PdfPlotOptions,
-    PlotPage as PdfPageInput, PlotWire,
+    PlotPage as PdfPageInput, PlotQuality, PlotWire,
 };
 
-// The web build has no `printpdf` (it pulls a wasm-incompatible `memchr` via
-// lopdf → nom_locate) and no filesystem, so PDF export is native-only; the web
-// build gets these stubs so the call sites still compile.
-#[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
-pub fn export_pdf(_page: &PdfPageInput, _path: &Path) -> Result<(), String> {
-    Err("PDF export is not available in the web version.".into())
-}
+// Rendering is portable; only persistence differs — desktop writes the bytes
+// atomically through a temp file, the web delivers them as a browser download.
 
+/// Web: no save dialog — the export continues with a virtual file name and the
+/// generated bytes are delivered as a browser download.
 #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
-pub fn export_pdf_pages(
-    _pages: &[PdfPageInput],
-    _path: &Path,
-    _plot_style: Option<&PlotStyleTable>,
-) -> Result<(), String> {
-    Err("PDF export is not available in the web version.".into())
-}
-
-#[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
-pub async fn pick_plot_path_owned(_stem: String) -> Option<std::path::PathBuf> {
-    None
+pub async fn pick_plot_path_owned(stem: String) -> Option<std::path::PathBuf> {
+    Some(std::path::PathBuf::from(format!("{stem}.pdf")))
 }
 
 /// mm to PDF points (1 mm = 2.834645 pt).
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 const MM_TO_PT: f32 = 2.834645;
 /// `wire.line_weight_px` is the on-screen pixel weight. Convert the 96-dpi
 /// pixels to points while retaining the viewport's lineweight visibility
 /// boost, so "As displayed" output has the same visual hierarchy as the
 /// canvas instead of making 0.35 mm ByLayer outlines look half as thick.
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 const LW_PX_TO_PT: f32 = MM_TO_PT / (96.0 / 25.4);
 
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 const SCREEN_DOT_MM: f32 = 25.4 / 96.0;
 
 // ── Public entry point ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 /// Export one page to a PDF file.
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 pub fn export_pdf(page: &PdfPageInput, path: &Path) -> Result<(), String> {
     export_pdf_pages(std::slice::from_ref(page), path, None)
 }
 
 /// Export several independently sized pages into one PDF file.
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 pub fn export_pdf_pages(
     pages: &[PdfPageInput],
     path: &Path,
@@ -85,8 +65,23 @@ pub fn export_pdf_pages(
     if pages.is_empty() {
         return Err("No pages were selected.".into());
     }
-    let bytes = build_pdf_pages(pages, plot_style)?;
-    write_pdf_atomically(path, &bytes)
+    let bytes = render_pdf_bytes(pages, plot_style)?;
+    persist_pdf(path, &bytes)
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+fn persist_pdf(path: &Path, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(), String> {
+    write_pdf_atomically(path, bytes)
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
+fn persist_pdf(path: &Path, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(), String> {
+    let name = path
+        .file_name()
+        .map(|name| name.to_string_lossy().into_owned())
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| "drawing.pdf".into());
+    crate::sys::download_bytes(&name, bytes);
+    Ok(())
 }
 
 /// Write a complete PDF beside the destination, then replace it atomically.
@@ -104,7 +99,6 @@ fn write_pdf_atomically(path: &Path, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(), String> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 fn image_clip(ops: &mut Vec<Op>, rings: Vec<Vec<[f32; 2]>>) {
     ops.push(Op::DrawPolygon {
         polygon: Polygon {
@@ -126,7 +120,18 @@ fn image_clip(ops: &mut Vec<Op>, rings: Vec<Vec<[f32; 2]>>) {
     });
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+/// Pixel dimensions that keep the image at most `target_dpi` when drawn at
+/// `effective_dpi`. Returns the input unchanged when already within target
+/// (or when a dimension would collapse), so native quality never resamples.
+fn downsample_target(width: u32, height: u32, effective_dpi: f64, target_dpi: u32) -> (u32, u32) {
+    let factor = target_dpi as f64 / effective_dpi;
+    if width == 0 || height == 0 || !factor.is_finite() || factor >= 1.0 {
+        return (width, height);
+    }
+    let scaled = |dim: u32| ((dim as f64 * factor).round() as u64).clamp(1, dim as u64) as u32;
+    (scaled(width), scaled(height))
+}
+
 fn emit_image(
     doc: &mut PdfDocument,
     resources: &mut std::collections::HashMap<(usize, u32, u32), printpdf::XObjectId>,
@@ -134,6 +139,7 @@ fn emit_image(
     plot: &PlotImage,
     ox: f64,
     oy: f64,
+    scale: f32,
     options: PdfPlotOptions,
 ) -> Result<(), String> {
     let image = &plot.image;
@@ -172,12 +178,44 @@ fn emit_image(
     {
         return Err("Cannot plot bitmap: invalid coordinates, clip boundary, or opacity.".into());
     }
+    // Quality caps the raster resolution (None = native pixels). Effective DPI
+    // is pixels per inch on paper: the page-space corner edges are points,
+    // / MM_TO_PT and × the page CTM `scale` give on-paper mm.
+    let mut width = image.width;
+    let mut height = image.height;
+    let mut pixels: std::borrow::Cow<[u8]> = std::borrow::Cow::Borrowed(image.pixels.as_slice());
+    if let Some(target) = options.quality.target_dpi() {
+        let dist = |a: [f32; 2], b: [f32; 2]| ((b[0] - a[0]).powi(2) + (b[1] - a[1]).powi(2)).sqrt();
+        let width_edge = dist(corners[0], corners[1]);
+        let height_edge = dist(corners[0], corners[3]);
+        // A degenerate (zero-area) placement keeps the native pixels.
+        if width_edge > 0.0 && height_edge > 0.0 {
+            let dpi_x = width as f64 * 25.4 / (width_edge / MM_TO_PT * scale) as f64;
+            let dpi_y = height as f64 * 25.4 / (height_edge / MM_TO_PT * scale) as f64;
+            // One shared factor from the denser axis preserves the pixel aspect ratio.
+            let (w, h) = downsample_target(width, height, dpi_x.max(dpi_y), target);
+            // Skip token reductions (< 5%): a resampling pass costs more than it saves.
+            if (w != width || h != height) && (w as f64) / (width as f64) < 0.95 {
+                if let Some(buffer) =
+                    image::RgbaImage::from_raw(width, height, image.pixels.as_ref().clone())
+                {
+                    let resized =
+                        image::imageops::resize(&buffer, w, h, image::imageops::FilterType::Triangle);
+                    width = w;
+                    height = h;
+                    pixels = std::borrow::Cow::Owned(resized.into_raw());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
     // The low bit (free: the pixel buffer is aligned) keeps the opaque copy
-    // of a picture apart from its transparent one.
+    // of a picture apart from its transparent one. Keyed on the final
+    // (post-resample) dims: the same pixels placed at different effective
+    // DPIs embed one image each, matching their own draw transforms.
     let key = (
         std::sync::Arc::as_ptr(&image.pixels) as usize | usize::from(!image.use_alpha),
-        image.width,
-        image.height,
+        width,
+        height,
     );
     let id = resources
         .entry(key)
@@ -188,15 +226,15 @@ fn emit_image(
                 id.clone(),
                 printpdf::XObject::Image(printpdf::RawImage {
                     pixels: printpdf::RawImageData::U8(if image.use_alpha {
-                        image.pixels.as_ref().clone()
+                        pixels.into_owned()
                     } else {
                         // Transparency off: every pixel opaque in its colour.
-                        let mut opaque = image.pixels.as_ref().clone();
+                        let mut opaque = pixels.into_owned();
                         opaque.chunks_exact_mut(4).for_each(|px| px[3] = 255);
                         opaque
                     }),
-                    width: image.width as usize,
-                    height: image.height as usize,
+                    width: width as usize,
+                    height: height as usize,
                     data_format: printpdf::RawImageFormat::RGBA8,
                     tag: Vec::new(),
                 }),
@@ -240,8 +278,9 @@ fn emit_image(
             // image's unit square directly onto the CAD quad in page points.
             transform: printpdf::XObjectTransform {
                 dpi: Some(72.0),
-                scale_x: Some(1.0 / image.width as f32),
-                scale_y: Some(1.0 / image.height as f32),
+                // The embedded dims differ from the source after downsampling.
+                scale_x: Some(1.0 / width as f32),
+                scale_y: Some(1.0 / height as f32),
                 ..Default::default()
             },
         });
@@ -285,7 +324,6 @@ fn emit_image(
     Ok(())
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 fn image_triangle_matrix(p: [[f32; 2]; 3], uv: [[f32; 2]; 3]) -> Option<[f32; 6]> {
     let u = [uv[1][0] - uv[0][0], uv[1][1] - uv[0][1]];
     let v = [uv[2][0] - uv[0][0], uv[2][1] - uv[0][1]];
@@ -374,8 +412,8 @@ pub async fn pick_plot_path_async(stem: String, svg: bool) -> Option<std::path::
 
 // ── PDF builder ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-fn build_pdf_pages(
+/// Render pages to complete PDF bytes (export, preview and printing share it).
+pub(crate) fn render_pdf_bytes(
     pages: &[PdfPageInput],
     plot_style: Option<&PlotStyleTable>,
 ) -> Result<Vec<u8>, String> {
@@ -414,7 +452,6 @@ fn build_pdf_pages(
     Ok(bytes)
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 fn append_pdf_page(
     doc: &mut PdfDocument,
     image_resources: &mut std::collections::HashMap<(usize, u32, u32), printpdf::XObjectId>,
@@ -691,7 +728,7 @@ fn append_pdf_page(
                     continue;
                 }
                 DrawItem::Image(image) => {
-                    emit_image(doc, image_resources, &mut ops, image, ox, oy, options)?;
+                    emit_image(doc, image_resources, &mut ops, image, ox, oy, scale, options)?;
                     continue;
                 }
                 DrawItem::Wire(wire) => wire,
@@ -916,12 +953,10 @@ fn append_pdf_page(
     Ok(())
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 /// Slack around the export window, in sheet mm, so a stroke whose centreline
 /// sits just outside still contributes its width.
 const CULL_MARGIN_MM: f64 = 10.0;
 
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 fn sheet_overlaps(b: [f64; 4], window: [f64; 4]) -> bool {
     b[0] <= window[2] + CULL_MARGIN_MM
         && b[2] >= window[0] - CULL_MARGIN_MM
@@ -929,7 +964,6 @@ fn sheet_overlaps(b: [f64; 4], window: [f64; 4]) -> bool {
         && b[3] >= window[1] - CULL_MARGIN_MM
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 fn grow(bounds: &mut Option<[f64; 4]>, x: f64, y: f64) {
     if !x.is_finite() || !y.is_finite() {
         return;
@@ -941,7 +975,6 @@ fn grow(bounds: &mut Option<[f64; 4]>, x: f64, y: f64) {
     b[3] = b[3].max(y);
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 /// Sheet-mm bounds of everything a wire inks (strokes, glyphs, fills).
 fn wire_sheet_bounds(wire: &WireModel, ox: f64, oy: f64, marker_h: f64) -> Option<[f64; 4]> {
     let mut bounds = None;
@@ -966,7 +999,6 @@ fn wire_sheet_bounds(wire: &WireModel, ox: f64, oy: f64, marker_h: f64) -> Optio
     bounds
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 /// Sheet-mm bounds of a hatch, resolved the way `emit_hatch` places it.
 fn hatch_sheet_bounds(hatch: &HatchModel, ox: f64, oy: f64) -> Option<[f64; 4]> {
     let mut bounds = None;
@@ -988,7 +1020,6 @@ fn hatch_sheet_bounds(hatch: &HatchModel, ox: f64, oy: f64) -> Option<[f64; 4]>
 /// the wire shader uses). Returns an empty vec for a solid line. printpdf's
 /// `LineDashPattern` holds at most six entries, so longer patterns are
 /// truncated to three dash/gap pairs.
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 fn dash_array_from_pattern(pattern_length: f32, pattern: &[f32; 8], mm_to_pt: f32) -> Vec<i64> {
     if pattern_length <= 1e-6 {
         return Vec::new();
@@ -1005,7 +1036,6 @@ fn dash_array_from_pattern(pattern_length: f32, pattern: &[f32; 8], mm_to_pt: f3
         .collect()
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 fn visible_station_ranges(
     start: f32,
     end: f32,
@@ -1082,7 +1112,6 @@ fn visible_station_ranges(
     ranges
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 fn flush_line(ops: &mut Vec<Op>, pts: &[LinePoint], dot_radius: Option<Pt>) {
     if pts.len() < 2 {
         return;
@@ -1105,7 +1134,6 @@ fn flush_line(ops: &mut Vec<Op>, pts: &[LinePoint], dot_radius: Option<Pt>) {
     });
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 fn emit_round_dot(ops: &mut Vec<Op>, center: Point, radius: Pt) {
     const SIDES: usize = 12;
     let points = (0..SIDES)
@@ -1129,7 +1157,6 @@ fn emit_round_dot(ops: &mut Vec<Op>, center: Point, radius: Pt) {
     });
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 fn plotted_color(rgb: [f32; 3], alpha: f32, screening: f32, options: PdfPlotOptions) -> [f32; 3] {
     let amount = screening.clamp(0.0, 1.0)
         * if options.transparency {
@@ -1144,7 +1171,6 @@ fn plotted_color(rgb: [f32; 3], alpha: f32, screening: f32, options: PdfPlotOpti
     ]
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 fn emit_wire_fills(
     ops: &mut Vec<Op>,
     wires: &[WireModel],
@@ -1282,12 +1308,15 @@ fn emit_wire_fills(
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 fn emit_plot_stamp(ops: &mut Vec<Op>) {
+    // `SystemTime::now` panics on wasm32-unknown-unknown.
+    #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
     let timestamp = std::time::SystemTime::now()
         .duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH)
         .map(|duration| duration.as_secs())
         .unwrap_or(0);
+    #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
+    let timestamp = (js_sys::Date::now() / 1000.0) as u64;
     let user = std::env::var("USER")
         .or_else(|_| std::env::var("USERNAME"))
         .unwrap_or_else(|_| "user".into());
@@ -1323,7 +1352,6 @@ fn emit_plot_stamp(ops: &mut Vec<Op>) {
 /// rings so islands and holes render correctly under the even-odd rule.
 /// Mirrors `scene::paper_canvas::draw_hatch`: solid → fill, pattern → outline,
 /// gradient → solid fill of the averaged colour.
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 fn emit_hatch(
     ops: &mut Vec<Op>,
     hatch: &HatchModel,
@@ -1565,7 +1593,6 @@ fn emit_hatch(
 /// The fold must happen in f64: the pair exists because the absolute coordinate
 /// does not fit an f32, so `pos + pos_low` evaluated in f32 rounds straight back
 /// to `pos` and throws away the residual it was carrying.
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 fn glyph_world_xy(v: &crate::scene::pipeline::text_gpu::TextVertex) -> [f64; 2] {
     [
         v.pos[0] as f64 + v.pos_low[0] as f64,
@@ -1575,7 +1602,6 @@ fn glyph_world_xy(v: &crate::scene::pipeline::text_gpu::TextVertex) -> [f64; 2]
 
 /// Adapt a text colour to the white sheet, mirroring the wire/hatch passes:
 /// near-white / near-yellow (colour-7-on-white) → black, near-cyan → dark blue.
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 fn adapt_text_color([r, g, b]: [f32; 3]) -> [f32; 3] {
     // An authored white (not colour 7) plots as drawn, like on screen.
     let is_light = r > 0.80
@@ -1634,7 +1660,6 @@ fn adapt_text_color([r, g, b]: [f32; 3]) -> [f32; 3] {
 ///   the run rect — same space as the clip polygon).
 ///
 /// Returns the number of runs emitted.
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 fn emit_searchable_text(
     ops: &mut Vec<Op>,
     wires: &[WireModel],
@@ -1775,7 +1800,6 @@ fn emit_searchable_text(
 /// emits a wrong `Tj` — those runs keep their outlines and stay unsearchable.
 /// (Runs set in an embedded subset bypass this gate: Identity-H covers any
 /// glyph the subset carries.)
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 fn is_winansi_encodable(text: &str) -> bool {
     text.chars().all(|c| {
         let cp = c as u32;
@@ -1787,7 +1811,6 @@ fn is_winansi_encodable(text: &str) -> bool {
 
 /// One embedded subset TrueType font for the search layer: a single system
 /// family at one weight, cut by `allsorts` to the glyphs the plot uses.
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 struct EmbeddedSubset {
     family: String,
     bold: bool,
@@ -1802,7 +1825,6 @@ struct EmbeddedSubset {
     cap_ratio: f32,
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 impl EmbeddedSubset {
     /// Width-match factor for a run: laid advance ÷ natural advance at the
     /// run's cap height. 1.0 when the widths are unknown (never explodes a
@@ -1830,13 +1852,11 @@ impl EmbeddedSubset {
 }
 
 /// Embedded subsets for one export (Helvetica fallback needs no entry).
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 #[derive(Default)]
 struct SearchableFontSet {
     subsets: Vec<EmbeddedSubset>,
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 impl SearchableFontSet {
     /// Collect every TTF-resolvable run's chars per (family, bold), subset
     /// each bucket with `allsorts`, and register the subsets on the document.
@@ -1882,7 +1902,6 @@ impl SearchableFontSet {
 /// Returns `None` whenever embedding is impossible or pointless (no file, CFF
 /// outlines the stub can't describe, subset failure, nothing mappable) — the
 /// caller falls back to Helvetica, never to an invalid font dict.
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 fn subset_family(
     doc: &mut PdfDocument,
     family: &str,
@@ -1988,7 +2007,6 @@ fn subset_family(
 /// Always drawn: the visible glyph rendering (strokes for LFF/SHX pen fonts,
 /// fills for TrueType outlines, solid bars for decorations). The invisible
 /// searchable layer above adds extractability; it never replaces this.
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 fn emit_text(
     ops: &mut Vec<Op>,
     fonts: &mut TextFonts,
@@ -2220,7 +2238,6 @@ fn emit_text(
 // ── Embedded TrueType text ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 /// The atlas export table plus its solid-tile key.
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 type GlyphTable = std::sync::Arc<(
     std::collections::HashMap<u64, crate::scene::text::sdf_atlas::GlyphExport>,
     u64,
@@ -2233,7 +2250,6 @@ type GlyphTable = std::sync::Arc<(
 /// the glyphs actually used, renumbers them in the page streams, and adds the
 /// subset fonts to the document. printpdf 0.9 would otherwise embed whole
 /// fonts (its own subsetting is disabled), and a CJK face is megabytes.
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 #[derive(Default)]
 struct TextFonts {
     /// The atlas export table, snapshotted once: every page's text quads are
@@ -2247,7 +2263,6 @@ struct TextFonts {
     by_blob: std::collections::HashMap<(usize, u32, u32), Option<usize>>,
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 struct EmbeddedFont {
     blob: std::sync::Arc<crate::scene::text::ttf_glyph::FontBlob>,
     id: FontId,
@@ -2255,7 +2270,6 @@ struct EmbeddedFont {
     used: std::collections::BTreeMap<u16, char>,
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 impl TextFonts {
     /// The atlas' glyph export table (and solid-tile key), built on first use.
     fn glyph_table(&mut self) -> Option<GlyphTable> {
@@ -2380,7 +2394,6 @@ impl TextFonts {
 
 /// `blob`'s face reduced to `gids` (glyph 0 first), keeping the hinting tables
 /// a tricky CJK face (DFKai-SB, MingLiU) needs to draw its strokes in place.
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 fn subset_font(blob: &crate::scene::text::ttf_glyph::FontBlob, gids: &[u16]) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
     use allsorts::binary::read::ReadScope;
     use allsorts::font_data::FontData;
@@ -2398,7 +2411,6 @@ fn subset_font(blob: &crate::scene::text::ttf_glyph::FontBlob, gids: &[u16]) ->
 }
 
 /// Rewrite the glyph ids shown in font `id` through `remap` (original → subset).
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 fn renumber_glyphs(
     pages: &mut [PdfPage],
     id: &FontId,
@@ -2435,7 +2447,6 @@ fn renumber_glyphs(
 /// so one em (`units_per_em` font units) spans `k · units_per_em` 9-units.
 /// With `Tf` size 1 a text-space unit is one em, which this matrix carries to
 /// sheet points under the page's CTM — the same space the wire pass draws in.
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 fn glyph_text_matrix(
     source: &crate::scene::text::ttf_glyph::GlyphSource,
@@ -2471,7 +2482,6 @@ fn glyph_text_matrix(
 
 /// One glyph as a text object: font `font` at size 1, positioned by `matrix`.
 /// The character rides along as the glyph's Unicode so the text is searchable.
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 fn push_glyph_text(ops: &mut Vec<Op>, font: FontId, gid: u16, ch: char, matrix: [f32; 6]) {
     ops.push(Op::StartTextSection);
     ops.push(Op::SetFont {
@@ -2576,7 +2586,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut page = test_page(vec![w]);
         page.scale = 2.0;
         page.clip = Some((10.0, 10.0, 100.0, 100.0));
-        let bytes = build_pdf_pages(&[page], None).unwrap();
+        let bytes = render_pdf_bytes(&[page], None).unwrap();
         // A valid PDF is produced (starts with the PDF header) and is non-trivial.
         assert!(bytes.starts_with(b"%PDF"), "not a PDF");
         assert!(bytes.len() > 200, "suspiciously small: {}", bytes.len());
@@ -2601,10 +2611,10 @@ mod tests {
             test_page(vec![wire])
         };
 
-        let unstyled = pdf_stream_text(&build_pdf_pages(&[make_page()], None).unwrap());
+        let unstyled = pdf_stream_text(&render_pdf_bytes(&[make_page()], None).unwrap());
         let monochrome =
             PlotStyleTable::builtin("monochrome.ctb").expect("shipped monochrome.ctb parses");
-        let styled = pdf_stream_text(&build_pdf_pages(&[make_page()], Some(&monochrome)).unwrap());
+        let styled = pdf_stream_text(&render_pdf_bytes(&[make_page()], Some(&monochrome)).unwrap());
 
         assert!(
             unstyled.contains("1 0 0 rg") || unstyled.contains("1 0 0 RG"),
@@ -2666,7 +2676,7 @@ mod tests {
         );
 
         let unstyled = stroke_widths(&pdf_stream_text(
-            &build_pdf_pages(&[make_page(1.0), make_page(3.0)], None).unwrap(),
+            &render_pdf_bytes(&[make_page(1.0), make_page(3.0)], None).unwrap(),
         ));
         let unstyled = distinct_widths(unstyled);
         assert_eq!(
@@ -2680,7 +2690,7 @@ mod tests {
         );
 
         let styled = stroke_widths(&pdf_stream_text(
-            &build_pdf_pages(&[make_page(1.0), make_page(3.0)], Some(&monochrome)).unwrap(),
+            &render_pdf_bytes(&[make_page(1.0), make_page(3.0)], Some(&monochrome)).unwrap(),
         ));
         let styled = distinct_widths(styled);
         assert_eq!(
@@ -2723,8 +2733,8 @@ mod tests {
         let mut blank = wire.clone();
         blank.wire.text_verts.clear();
 
-        let with_text = build_pdf_pages(&[test_page(vec![wire])], None).unwrap();
-        let no_text = build_pdf_pages(&[test_page(vec![blank])], None).unwrap();
+        let with_text = render_pdf_bytes(&[test_page(vec![wire])], None).unwrap();
+        let no_text = render_pdf_bytes(&[test_page(vec![blank])], None).unwrap();
         assert!(with_text.starts_with(b"%PDF"));
         assert!(
             with_text.len() > no_text.len(),
@@ -2760,7 +2770,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn searchable_text_emits_bt_tj_with_string() {
         let wire = searchable_wire("CMa-03", [20.0, 30.0, 0.0]);
-        let bytes = build_pdf_pages(&[test_page(vec![wire])], None).unwrap();
+        let bytes = render_pdf_bytes(&[test_page(vec![wire])], None).unwrap();
         assert!(bytes.starts_with(b"%PDF"), "not a PDF");
         let stream = pdf_stream_text(&bytes);
         assert!(
@@ -2809,8 +2819,8 @@ mod tests {
                 "searchable wire must keep its outline quads"
             );
 
-            let outline_bytes = build_pdf_pages(&[test_page(vec![outline_only])], None).unwrap();
-            let searchable_bytes = build_pdf_pages(&[test_page(vec![searchable])], None).unwrap();
+            let outline_bytes = render_pdf_bytes(&[test_page(vec![outline_only])], None).unwrap();
+            let searchable_bytes = render_pdf_bytes(&[test_page(vec![searchable])], None).unwrap();
             if sdf_atlas::generation() == generation {
                 break (outline_bytes, searchable_bytes);
             }
@@ -2843,7 +2853,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn searchable_text_skips_non_winansi_runs() {
         let wire = searchable_wire("ΩΩ", [20.0, 20.0, 0.0]);
-        let stream = pdf_stream_text(&build_pdf_pages(&[test_page(vec![wire])], None).unwrap());
+        let stream = pdf_stream_text(&render_pdf_bytes(&[test_page(vec![wire])], None).unwrap());
         assert!(
             !stream.contains("BT"),
             "non-encodable run must not emit a text object"
@@ -2856,7 +2866,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn searchable_text_rotation_uses_text_matrix() {
         let mut wire = searchable_wire("AB", [20.0, 20.0, 0.0]);
         wire.wire.searchable_text[0].rotation = std::f32::consts::FRAC_PI_2;
-        let stream = pdf_stream_text(&build_pdf_pages(&[test_page(vec![wire])], None).unwrap());
+        let stream = pdf_stream_text(&render_pdf_bytes(&[test_page(vec![wire])], None).unwrap());
         assert!(stream.contains("AB"), "rotated run lost its string");
         assert!(
             stream.contains("Tm"),
@@ -2951,7 +2961,7 @@ mod tests {
             "accents must survive subsetting"
         );
         // PDF level: ToUnicode + embedded bytes, and no Helvetica fallback.
-        let bytes = build_pdf_pages(&[test_page(vec![wire])], None).unwrap();
+        let bytes = render_pdf_bytes(&[test_page(vec![wire])], None).unwrap();
         let stream = pdf_stream_text(&bytes);
         assert!(
             stream.contains("ToUnicode"),
@@ -2981,7 +2991,7 @@ mod tests {
         // Same page, windowed clip around the origin run only.
         let mut page = test_page(vec![inside, outside]);
         page.clip = Some((0.0, 0.0, 100.0, 100.0));
-        let stream = pdf_stream_text(&build_pdf_pages(&[page], None).unwrap());
+        let stream = pdf_stream_text(&render_pdf_bytes(&[page], None).unwrap());
         assert!(stream.contains("IN"), "inside run must survive the clip");
         assert!(
             !stream.contains("OUT"),
@@ -3040,7 +3050,7 @@ mod tests {
                     },
                     draw_depth: 0.0,
                 };
-                let bytes = build_pdf_pages(&[test_page(vec![wire])], None).unwrap();
+                let bytes = render_pdf_bytes(&[test_page(vec![wire])], None).unwrap();
                 let stable = sdf_atlas::generation() == generation && sdf_atlas::textfill();
                 stable.then(|| {
                     let text = pdf_stream_text(&bytes);
diff --git a/src/io/plot.rs b/src/io/plot.rs
index b4273550a..26b6ee19a 100644
--- a/src/io/plot.rs
+++ b/src/io/plot.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,36 @@ pub struct PlotImage {
     pub clips: Vec<Vec<[f64; 2]>>,
 }
 
+/// Image resolution preset from the plot dialog's Quality dropdown. Vector
+/// output is resolution-independent; this only caps raster content. Normal
+/// and High keep the native pixels; Low trades raster detail for size.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Default)]
+pub enum PlotQuality {
+    Low,
+    #[default]
+    Normal,
+    High,
+}
+
+impl PlotQuality {
+    /// Accepts the dialog's raw string, including legacy names.
+    pub fn from_dialog(value: &str) -> Self {
+        match value {
+            "Low" | "Draft" => Self::Low,
+            "High" | "Presentation" | "Maximum" | "Custom" => Self::High,
+            _ => Self::Normal,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Maximum effective DPI for embedded raster images; `None` keeps native pixels.
+    pub(crate) fn target_dpi(self) -> Option<u32> {
+        match self {
+            Self::Low => Some(150),
+            Self::Normal | Self::High => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Output controls shared by preview, plot exports, and printer rendering.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct PlotOptions {
@@ -41,6 +71,7 @@ pub struct PlotOptions {
     pub transparency: bool,
     pub stamp: bool,
     pub merge_lines: bool,
+    pub quality: PlotQuality,
 }
 
 /// End indexes of the first paper/model render group in each flat input list.
@@ -86,6 +117,7 @@ impl Default for PlotOptions {
             transparency: false,
             stamp: false,
             merge_lines: false,
+            quality: PlotQuality::Normal,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/io/print_to_printer.rs b/src/io/print_to_printer.rs
index 201af959d..75431d1be 100644
--- a/src/io/print_to_printer.rs
+++ b/src/io/print_to_printer.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 // print_to_printer — send the current layout to the system printer.
 //
-// Strategy:
+// Desktop strategy:
 //   1. Render the drawing to a temporary PDF (reusing the PDF export pipeline).
 //   2. Send that PDF to the system printer with `lp` (Linux/macOS) or
 //      `ShellExecute PRINT` (Windows).
 //
 // The function is async so the UI remains responsive while the job is queued.
+//
+// The web build has no system printers: `preview_page_pdf` /
+// `preview_pages_pdf` render the same PDF bytes and open them in a browser
+// tab, where the browser's own print dialog takes over.
 
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 use crate::io::pdf_export;
@@ -1215,6 +1219,32 @@ fn shell_print_to(path: &std::path::Path, printer: &str, copies: u32) -> Result<
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Render a page and show it the way each platform previews: the OS PDF
+/// viewer on desktop, a new browser tab on the web.
+pub fn preview_page_pdf(page: &crate::io::pdf_export::PdfPageInput) -> Result<(), String> {
+    #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+    {
+        let tmp = temp_pdf_path("preview");
+        crate::io::pdf_export::export_pdf(page, &tmp)?;
+        open_in_viewer(&tmp)
+    }
+    #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
+    {
+        let bytes = crate::io::pdf_export::render_pdf_bytes(std::slice::from_ref(page), None)?;
+        crate::sys::open_bytes_in_new_tab("plot_preview.pdf", &bytes);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+/// Web-only multi-page variant used by print-all: render every layout into
+/// one PDF and open it in a browser tab.
+#[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
+pub fn preview_pages_pdf(pages: &[crate::io::pdf_export::PdfPageInput]) -> Result<(), String> {
+    let bytes = crate::io::pdf_export::render_pdf_bytes(pages, None)?;
+    crate::sys::open_bytes_in_new_tab("plot_preview.pdf", &bytes);
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 /// Dispatch a PDF to a specific printer with [`PrintOptions`].
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 fn dispatch_to_printer_opts(path: &std::path::Path, opts: &PrintOptions) -> Result<String, String> {
diff --git a/src/sys.rs b/src/sys.rs
index eafe4f657..14436000b 100644
--- a/src/sys.rs
+++ b/src/sys.rs
@@ -440,6 +440,42 @@ pub fn download_bytes(name: &str, bytes: &[u8]) {
     let _ = web_sys::Url::revoke_object_url(&url);
 }
 
+/// Open `bytes` (e.g. a generated PDF) in a new browser tab. Web only.
+/// Falls back to a download when the popup is blocked, so the output is
+/// never lost. Used for plot preview and as the web stand-in for printing.
+#[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
+pub fn open_bytes_in_new_tab(name: &str, bytes: &[u8]) {
+    use wasm_bindgen::JsCast;
+    let Some(window) = web_sys::window() else { return };
+    let array = js_sys::Uint8Array::from(bytes);
+    let parts = js_sys::Array::new();
+    parts.push(&array.buffer());
+    let Ok(blob) = web_sys::Blob::new_with_u8_array_sequence(&parts) else {
+        return;
+    };
+    let Ok(url) = web_sys::Url::create_object_url_with_blob(&blob) else {
+        return;
+    };
+    let tab = window.open_with_url_and_target(&url, "_blank").ok().flatten();
+    if tab.is_none() {
+        // Popup blocked: free the URL right away and fall back to a plain
+        // download so the rendered output is never lost.
+        let _ = web_sys::Url::revoke_object_url(&url);
+        download_bytes(name, bytes);
+        return;
+    }
+    // The new tab loads the blob asynchronously, so the URL must outlive this
+    // call; revoke it a minute later, once the viewer has the content. The
+    // one-shot closure is owned by the timer, not stored Rust-side.
+    let revoke = wasm_bindgen::closure::Closure::once_into_js(move || {
+        let _ = web_sys::Url::revoke_object_url(&url);
+    });
+    let _ = window.set_timeout_with_callback_and_timeout_and_arguments_0(
+        revoke.unchecked_ref(),
+        60_000,
+    );
+}
+
 /// Short platform string for bug reports: OS + architecture on the desktop,
 /// the browser user-agent on the web.
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]