diff --git a/internal/check-phone-print-keep.mjs b/internal/check-phone-print-keep.mjs
index 8d9a9db86..7a6cac907 100644
--- a/internal/check-phone-print-keep.mjs
+++ b/internal/check-phone-print-keep.mjs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * later, after the reader taps Save, from the page as it is then.
  *
  * A timeline on fake timers and a stub DOM, with an Android user agent (Playwright cannot reproduce Android's print
- * pipeline; the Driver's phone is the real check):
+ * pipeline; a real phone is the real check):
  *   A. after print() and afterprint, the document and its print style are still mounted 30 s on (the Save render);
  *   B. it goes once the reader is BACK: the page shown again after being hidden, the window focused again after
  *      losing focus, or a touch after print(), then BACK_GRACE_MS later, not before;
@@ -18,10 +18,15 @@
  *   D. a reader who never comes back: dropped at FRAME_CEILING_MS, not before;
  *   E. printImageBlob: its object URL is NOT revoked at afterprint, and is revoked when the document goes;
  *   F. a new print replaces the previous document (one root mounted, and the previous one released);
- *   G. the desktop path is the frame, as before (printDocument's first line, verbatim).
+ *   G. the desktop path is the frame, as before (printDocument's first line, verbatim);
+ *   H. a touch AFTER the first TOUCH_SETTLE_MS, then the print UI opening (the page hidden, or the window blurred):
+ *      the pending drop is cancelled, so the document is still mounted well past BACK_GRACE_MS in the UI, and goes
+ *      after the next "back" (a measured hole in the first cut, found on a second read);
+ *   I. a touch in the first TOUCH_SETTLE_MS after print() (a double tap while the preview builds) is not "back".
  * `--impl=<path>` runs the timeline against another copy (the pilot's, before this fix, fails A and E: the cause).
  * `--self-test`: the old drop at afterprint, no release when the reader is back, the listeners armed at mount (so the
- * Print tap drops it), no grace, printImageBlob revoking at afterprint, and no ceiling must each FAIL.
+ * Print tap drops it), no grace, printImageBlob revoking at afterprint, no ceiling, no cancel when the page goes away
+ * again during the grace, and no touch settle window must each FAIL.
  */
 import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { join, dirname } from 'node:path'
@@ -96,8 +101,8 @@ const load = (src) => import('data:text/javascript;base64,' + Buffer.from(src +
 async function audit(src) {
   const fails = []
   const sample = await load(src)
-  const FRAME_CEILING_MS = sample.FRAME_CEILING_MS || 600000, BACK_GRACE_MS = sample.BACK_GRACE_MS || 0
-  if (!sample.FRAME_CEILING_MS || !sample.BACK_GRACE_MS) fails.push('G: printInPlace.js does not export FRAME_CEILING_MS and BACK_GRACE_MS (the timeline runs on, with a grace of 0)')
+  const FRAME_CEILING_MS = sample.FRAME_CEILING_MS || 600000, BACK_GRACE_MS = sample.BACK_GRACE_MS || 0, TOUCH_SETTLE_MS = sample.TOUCH_SETTLE_MS || 0
+  if (!sample.FRAME_CEILING_MS || !sample.BACK_GRACE_MS || !sample.TOUCH_SETTLE_MS) fails.push('G: printInPlace.js does not export FRAME_CEILING_MS, BACK_GRACE_MS and TOUCH_SETTLE_MS (the timeline runs on, with 0 for each missing one)')
   const HTML = '<!doctype html><html><head><style>@page{size:letter portrait}</style></head><body><div>packet</div></body></html>'
 
   // A + B (hidden → visible)
@@ -117,16 +122,17 @@ async function audit(src) {
     if (!mounted()) fails.push('B: the document went while the window had lost focus')
     window.fire('focus'); advance(BACK_GRACE_MS + 1)
     if (mounted()) fails.push('B: the document stayed after the window was focused again (back on the page)') }
-  { world(); const m = await load(src); await m.printDocument(HTML); window.fire('afterprint'); advance(5000); window.fire('pointerdown'); advance(BACK_GRACE_MS + 1)
+  { world(); const m = await load(src); await m.printDocument(HTML); window.fire('afterprint'); advance(TOUCH_SETTLE_MS + 3000); window.fire('pointerdown'); advance(BACK_GRACE_MS + 1)
     if (mounted()) fails.push('B: the document stayed after the page was touched again') }
   // C: a late print (the tap's activation expired): the Print tap is not "back"
   { world({ active: false }); const m = await load(src); let printNow = null
     const how = await m.printDocument(HTML, { onNeedsTap: (p) => { printNow = p } })
     if (how !== 'needs-tap' || !printNow) fails.push(`C: an expired tap did not hand out printNow (returned ${how})`)
     else {
-      window.fire('pointerdown'); printNow(); window.fire('afterprint'); advance(30000)
+      // the reader taps Print a few seconds after the document is ready, then spends longer than the grace in the dialog
+      advance(TOUCH_SETTLE_MS + 3000); window.fire('pointerdown'); printNow(); window.fire('afterprint'); advance(BACK_GRACE_MS + 20000)
       if (window.prints.length !== 1 || !window.prints[0]) fails.push('C: printNow did not print the mounted document')
-      if (!mounted()) fails.push('C: the Print tap counted as being back: the document was gone 30 s into the dialog')
+      if (!mounted()) fails.push(`C: the Print tap counted as being back: the document was gone ${(BACK_GRACE_MS + 20000) / 1000} s into the dialog`)
     } }
   // D: never back
   { world(); const m = await load(src); await m.printDocument(HTML); window.fire('afterprint'); advance(FRAME_CEILING_MS - 1)
@@ -145,6 +151,21 @@ async function audit(src) {
     await m.printDocument(HTML, { onRelease: () => { first++ } }); window.fire('afterprint'); await m.printDocument(HTML)
     if (rootCount() !== 1) fails.push(`F: ${rootCount()} print roots mounted after a second print (expected 1)`)
     if (first !== 1) fails.push(`F: the first print's onRelease ran ${first} time(s) when a second print replaced it (expected 1)`) }
+  // H: a touch after the settle window, then the print UI opens: away again cancels the pending drop
+  for (const via of ['hidden', 'blur']) {
+    world(); const m = await load(src); await m.printDocument(HTML); advance(TOUCH_SETTLE_MS + 500); window.fire('pointerdown'); advance(500)
+    if (via === 'hidden') { document.visibilityState = 'hidden'; document.fire('visibilitychange') } else window.fire('blur')
+    window.fire('afterprint'); advance(BACK_GRACE_MS + 20000)
+    if (!mounted()) fails.push(`H: a touch, then the print UI (${via}): the grace the touch started was not cancelled, and the document went while the reader was still in the UI (a PDF saved then is the bare page)`)
+    else {
+      if (via === 'hidden') { document.visibilityState = 'visible'; document.fire('visibilitychange') } else window.fire('focus')
+      advance(BACK_GRACE_MS + 1)
+      if (mounted()) fails.push(`H: after the print UI (${via}) closed, the document stayed past the grace (the next "back" did not count)`)
+    }
+  }
+  // I: a touch in the settle window (no hide, no blur: an in-page sheet) is not "back"
+  { world(); const m = await load(src); await m.printDocument(HTML); advance(Math.max(1, TOUCH_SETTLE_MS - 1500)); window.fire('pointerdown'); advance(BACK_GRACE_MS + 30000)
+    if (!mounted()) fails.push('I: a touch right after print() (a double tap while the preview builds) counted as being back, and the document went with the dialog still up') }
   // G: desktop unchanged (the frame path)
   if (!src.includes("if (!isPhonePrint()) return openPrintFrame(html, { autoprint: true }) ? 'frame' : 'blocked'")) fails.push('G: printDocument\'s desktop path is no longer the frame, verbatim')
   return fails
@@ -160,6 +181,8 @@ if (process.argv.includes('--self-test')) {
     ['no grace once the reader is back', src.replace('ceiling = setTimeout(drop, BACK_GRACE_MS) }', 'drop() }'), /^B: the document went at once/],
     ['printImageBlob revoking at afterprint', src.replace("    const release = () => { try { URL.revokeObjectURL(url) } catch { /* gone */ } }\n", "    const release = () => { try { URL.revokeObjectURL(url) } catch { /* gone */ } }\n    window.addEventListener('afterprint', () => setTimeout(release, 0))\n"), /^E: printImageBlob revoked/],
     ['no ceiling', src.replace(MOUNT_END, '  currentJob = job\n'), /^D: the document outlived/],
+    ['no cancel when the page goes away again', src.replace('const awayAgain = () => { away = true; if (leaving) { leaving = false; clearTimeout(ceiling); ceiling = setTimeout(drop, FRAME_CEILING_MS) } }', 'const awayAgain = () => { away = true }'), /^H: a touch, then the print UI/],
+    ['no touch settle window', src.replace('const onTouch = () => { if (!settling) back() }', 'const onTouch = () => back()'), /^I: /],
   ]
   let missed = 0
   for (const [name, poisoned, rx] of poisons) {
@@ -172,5 +195,5 @@ if (process.argv.includes('--self-test')) {
 } else {
   const f = await audit(src)
   if (f.length) { for (const x of f) console.log('✗ ' + x); console.log(`FAIL check:phone-print-keep (${f.length})`); process.exitCode = 1 }
-  else console.log('PASS check:phone-print-keep — on a phone the print document (and printImageBlob\'s image) outlives afterprint, so a PDF saved after the preview is the document; it goes once the reader is back (shown, focused or touched again) plus a grace, or at the ceiling; the Print tap of a late print does not count; a new print replaces it; desktop prints through the frame as before')
+  else console.log('PASS check:phone-print-keep — on a phone the print document (and printImageBlob\'s image) outlives afterprint, so a PDF saved after the preview is the document; it goes once the reader is back (shown, focused or touched again) plus a grace, or at the ceiling; the Print tap of a late print and a touch right after print() do not count; going away again cancels a pending drop; a new print replaces it; desktop prints through the frame as before')
 }
diff --git a/library/composables/printInPlace.js b/library/composables/printInPlace.js
index 009c4b5bb..04dbdd543 100644
--- a/library/composables/printInPlace.js
+++ b/library/composables/printInPlace.js
@@ -179,21 +179,27 @@ function mountPrintRoot(html, { onRelease = null } = {}) {
   // ★ KEPT UNTIL THE READER IS BACK, never dropped at afterprint (printDocument says why). From the moment print() is
   // called (printing(), not at mount: the Print tap that starts a late print must not count), the reader is back when
   // the page is shown again after being hidden, the window is focused again after losing focus, or the page is
-  // touched (the system print UI covers the page, so a touch there means it has gone). It goes BACK_GRACE_MS after
-  // that, since a print job can still be rendering while the dialog animates away. A new print replaces it, a
-  // cancelled one drops it, and FRAME_CEILING_MS is the ceiling. On screen it is display:none, so keeping it shows nothing.
-  let ceiling = null, armed = false, away = false, leaving = false
+  // touched (the system print UI covers the page, so a touch there means it has gone). A touch in the first
+  // TOUCH_SETTLE_MS after print() does not count (a double tap while the preview builds). It goes BACK_GRACE_MS after
+  // that, since a slow phone can still be writing the file after its dialog closes; if the page goes AWAY again during
+  // the grace (the print UI opened after an early touch), the pending drop is cancelled and the next "back" counts. A
+  // new print replaces it, a cancelled one drops it, and FRAME_CEILING_MS is the ceiling. On screen it is display:none,
+  // so keeping it shows nothing.
+  let ceiling = null, settle = null, armed = false, away = false, leaving = false, settling = false
   const back = () => { if (leaving) return; leaving = true; clearTimeout(ceiling); ceiling = setTimeout(drop, BACK_GRACE_MS) }
-  const onVisibility = () => { if (document.visibilityState === 'hidden') away = true; else if (away) back() }
-  const onBlur = () => { away = true }
+  const awayAgain = () => { away = true; if (leaving) { leaving = false; clearTimeout(ceiling); ceiling = setTimeout(drop, FRAME_CEILING_MS) } }
+  const onVisibility = () => { if (document.visibilityState === 'hidden') awayAgain(); else if (away) back() }
+  const onBlur = () => { awayAgain() }
   const onFocus = () => { if (away) back() }
-  const onTouch = () => back()
+  const onTouch = () => { if (!settling) back() }
   const job = {
     live: () => currentJob === job,
     drop,
     printing: () => {
       if (armed) return
       armed = true
+      settling = true
+      settle = setTimeout(() => { settling = false }, TOUCH_SETTLE_MS)
       document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', onVisibility)
       window.addEventListener('blur', onBlur)
       window.addEventListener('focus', onFocus)
@@ -211,6 +217,7 @@ function mountPrintRoot(html, { onRelease = null } = {}) {
   }
   function drop() {
     clearTimeout(ceiling)
+    clearTimeout(settle)
     document.removeEventListener('visibilitychange', onVisibility)
     window.removeEventListener('blur', onBlur)
     window.removeEventListener('focus', onFocus)
@@ -230,7 +237,9 @@ export const FRAME_KEEP_MS = 60000
 /** The absolute ceiling for a print frame whose load never ends. */
 export const FRAME_CEILING_MS = 600000
 /** A phone's in-page print document goes this long after the reader is back on the page (mountPrintRoot). */
-export const BACK_GRACE_MS = 5000
+export const BACK_GRACE_MS = 60000
+/** A touch this soon after print() is not the reader coming back (a double tap while the preview builds). */
+export const TOUCH_SETTLE_MS = 2000
 
 /**
  * Print a rendered poster IMAGE, at its real paper size, through the same in-place frame.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8c981879e..7a3474453 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@
     "check:phone-print-keep:self-test": "node internal/check-phone-print-keep.mjs --self-test"
   },
   "//scripts": {
-    "check:phone-print-keep": "on a PHONE the in-page print document (#dxm-print-root and its print style, library/composables/printInPlace.js) and printImageBlob's object URL outlive afterprint, because Android Chrome fires afterprint once the PREVIEW is built and renders a saved PDF later, from the page as it is then (a phone's saved packet was the bare host page). A timeline on fake timers and a stub DOM with an Android user agent: still mounted 30 s after afterprint; released once the reader is back (shown again after hidden, focused again after blur, or touched after print()) plus BACK_GRACE_MS, or at the ceiling; the Print tap of a late print does not count; a new print replaces it; desktop is the frame path, verbatim. --impl=<path> runs it against another copy (the pre-fix file fails). Self-test poisons: the old drop at afterprint, no release when back, listeners armed at mount, no grace, printImageBlob revoking at afterprint, no ceiling.",
+    "check:phone-print-keep": "on a PHONE the in-page print document (#dxm-print-root and its print style, library/composables/printInPlace.js) and printImageBlob's object URL outlive afterprint, because Android Chrome fires afterprint once the PREVIEW is built and renders a saved PDF later, from the page as it is then (a phone's saved packet was the bare host page). A timeline on fake timers and a stub DOM with an Android user agent: still mounted 30 s after afterprint; released once the reader is back (shown again after hidden, focused again after blur, or touched after print() but not in its first TOUCH_SETTLE_MS) plus BACK_GRACE_MS (60 s), or at the ceiling; going away again during the grace cancels the pending drop; the Print tap of a late print does not count; a new print replaces it; desktop is the frame path, verbatim. --impl=<path> runs it against another copy (the pre-fix file fails). Self-test poisons: the old drop at afterprint, no release when back, listeners armed at mount, no grace, printImageBlob revoking at afterprint, no ceiling, no cancel when away again, no touch settle window.",
     "_": "What each script does. These notes used to sit inside the command strings as trailing \"# …\" comments, which made the shell discard any arguments passed after \"--\" (so a gate given --url silently measured its hardcoded default port — possibly another agent's server). Keep notes here, never in a command.",
     "browser-gates": "lists every package.json script that launches a browser (the same detection run-parallel uses to route them through internal/browser-slot.sh). Run each as internal/browser-slot.sh bun run <name>.",
     "cap:sync": "NOT `bunx` — bunx is not on PATH in this environment (command not found, exit 127), which broke cap:sync -> apk:debug -> phone at step one. The CLI IS installed locally (@capacitor/cli 7.6.9); invoke the local bin directly. The rest of package.json already uses the spaced `bun x` form.",