diff --git a/mac/daemon.py b/mac/daemon.py
index f9f6f0d..6da5587 100644
--- a/mac/daemon.py
+++ b/mac/daemon.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, ThreadingHTTPServer
 from urllib.parse import urlparse, parse_qs
 
 import label
+from PIL import Image
 import dymo as dymo_mod
 from urovo import Urovo, UrovoError, epc_encode, epc_decode, status_text
 
@@ -277,6 +278,64 @@ def do_read_raw():
     return {'ok': any(banks.values()), 'banks': banks}
 
 
+def do_print_image(body):
+    """Print a caller-rendered 1-bit bitmap (base64 PNG), optionally encoding first.
+
+    This is the seam that lets a separate app own LAYOUTS while this daemon stays the single
+    owner of the hardware. do_print renders the Discogs-shaped label itself; anything else --
+    a book, a comic, a toy -- arrives here already drawn, at the media's pixel size, and goes
+    through the exact same encode -> verify -> SET RFID OFF -> print sequence. Same guards,
+    same "no label spent on a failed encode" promise."""
+    import base64, io
+    prof = label.profile(body.get('size'), web_mm=body.get('w'), pitch_mm=body.get('h'),
+                         gap_mm=body.get('gap'))
+    encode = bool(body.get('encode', True))
+    sku = str(body.get('sku', '') or '').strip()
+    release_id = str(body.get('releaseId', '') or '0').strip() or '0'
+    try:
+        img = Image.open(io.BytesIO(base64.b64decode(body['png']))).convert('1')
+    except Exception as e:
+        return {'ok': False, 'error': 'bad png: %s' % e}
+    epc = None
+    if encode:
+        try:
+            epc = epc_encode(sku, release_id)
+        except ValueError as e:
+            return {'ok': False, 'error': str(e)}
+    with LOCK, Urovo() as p:
+        before = verified = None
+        if encode:
+            before = p.read_uhf()
+            p.write_uhf(epc)
+            time.sleep(1.0)
+            verified = p.read_uhf() == epc
+            if not verified:
+                return {'ok': False, 'error': 'RFID encode failed verification', 'epc': epc,
+                        'epcBefore': before, 'readBack': p.read_uhf(),
+                        'note': 'nothing printed -- no label wasted'}
+            p.cmd('SET RFID OFF'); time.sleep(0.4)
+        p.ribbon_off(); time.sleep(0.4)
+        if p.wait_ready(3.0) != 0x00:
+            st = p.recover()
+            if st != 0x00:
+                return {'ok': False, 'error': 'printer not ready', 'status': st,
+                        'statusText': status_text(st)}
+        geometry(p, prof); p.cls()
+        p.write(label.to_tspl(img))
+        p.ribbon_off(); p.printlabel(1, 1)
+        time.sleep(2.0)
+        st = p.wait_ready(10.0)
+        nxt = None
+        try:
+            time.sleep(0.3); p.flush_in(); nxt = p.read_uhf()
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+    return {'ok': True, 'sku': sku, 'releaseId': release_id, 'epc': epc, 'epcBefore': before,
+            'verified': verified, 'nextTagAtAntenna': nxt, 'status': st,
+            'statusText': status_text(st), 'profile': prof['name'],
+            'size': [prof['web_mm'], prof['pitch_mm']], 'mode': 'image+encode' if encode else 'image'}
+
+
 def do_calibrate():
     with LOCK, Urovo() as p:
         p.rfid_autocalibrate()
@@ -371,6 +430,8 @@ class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                 return self._json(do_print_paper(body))
             if path == '/tag-and-print':
                 return self._json(do_tag_and_print(body))
+            if path == '/print-image':
+                return self._json(do_print_image(body))
             handler = {'/calibrate': do_calibrate, '/recover': do_recover}.get(path)
             if handler:
                 return self._json(handler())