How to Print Your Rirekisho at a Convenience Store (7-Eleven, FamilyMart, Lawson)

Most part-time applicants — students and new arrivals — do not own a printer, and the job does not end at “PDF downloaded.” It ends with paper in the manager's hand. Every Japanese convenience store has a multicopy machine that prints from your phone for about ¥20–60 a page. Here is how.

Before you go

• Export your resume as a PDF at the correct size (A4, or A3 for the folded JIS layout).
• Decide black-and-white (cheap) or colour (needed if your photo should print in colour).
• Have the relevant app or website ready on your phone.

7-Eleven — netprint

Use the netprint service (the “かんたんnetprint” app is easiest). Upload your PDF, and the app gives you a reservation number. At the store's multicopy machine, choose プリント → ネットプリント, enter the number, pick your settings, and pay. A4 black-and-white is about ¥20; colour about ¥60. A3 is supported for the folded rirekisho.

FamilyMart & Lawson — ネットワークプリント

These chains use ネットワークプリント. Register your PDF through the app or website, get a user number or reservation number, then at the machine choose プリントサービス → ネットワークプリント and enter it. Pricing is similar to 7-Eleven.

Machine settings to choose

• Paper size: A4 for most templates; A3 for the traditional fold-open (観音開き) layout.
• Colour: colour if your photo needs it, otherwise black-and-white to save money.
• Scale: 100% / actual size — never “fit to page,” which shrinks the form.
• Use the highest quality setting so the photo stays sharp.

What you will see on the machine, step by step

The multicopy screens look busy the first time, but the path is short. On a 7-Eleven machine: tap プリント, then ネットプリント, type the 8-character reservation number, and the machine shows a preview of your file. Check that the preview shows the whole form, not a cropped corner, then choose paper size, colour, and number of copies, insert coins or tap an IC card, and press スタート. At FamilyMart and Lawson the order is the same, under プリントサービス → ネットワークプリント. If anything looks wrong on the preview, cancel before paying; you are charged only when printing starts.

Registered files do not stay on the service forever — they expire after a set period, usually a few days — so upload when you are ready to print, not a week in advance. If the machine says the number is not found, check for a mistyped character first, then re-upload.

Printing the A3 fold-open layout

The traditional JIS rirekisho is an A3 sheet folded in half to A4, with personal details and education on the left and the remaining sections on the right. Print it on A3 as one sheet, then fold it down the centre line so the personal-information side is on the outside front. Fold carefully along a ruler or table edge: a crooked fold is the first thing the reader sees. If your machine or budget only allows A4, choose an A4 template instead of shrinking the A3 file — a scaled-down form has tiny text and looks wrong.

Printed photo or pasted photo?

You can include your photo in the PDF and print it, and many part-time employers accept that. More traditional employers still expect a real ID photo (証明写真, 3×4 cm) glued into the photo box. If you are unsure, print the resume without the photo and paste one from a photo booth: it costs a little more but is accepted everywhere. Write your name on the back of the photo in case it comes loose. Colour printing is worth it only when the photo is part of the PDF; text-only sheets look identical in black and white.

Rough costs

• A4 black and white: around ¥20 per sheet.
• A4 colour: around ¥50–60 per sheet.
• A3 black and white: around ¥20–40; A3 colour: around ¥80–100.
• A photo booth for a proper ID photo: usually ¥800–1,000 for a sheet of several prints.

Prices vary slightly by chain and change over time, so treat these as a guide. A complete, one-page resume with a pasted photo usually costs well under ¥1,200 all in. University libraries and city libraries also have printers and can be cheaper if you are already there.

Tips

• ResumeJP exports at the exact paper size of your chosen template, so it prints to scale with no adjustment.
• Print one test copy and check the photo and text before printing several.
• Carry the finished sheet flat in a clear file inside a white A4 envelope — never folded into quarters.

Get your photo right first with the rirekisho photo rules, then build and export your sheet in the editor.