diff --git a/library/i18n/locales/ar/wall.json b/library/i18n/locales/ar/wall.json
index e00acbe03..b7a6604d9 100644
--- a/library/i18n/locales/ar/wall.json
+++ b/library/i18n/locales/ar/wall.json
@@ -37,5 +37,6 @@
   "commentPlaceholder": "شارك صلاتك أو أفكارك…",
   "postComment": "نشر التعليق",
   "noPeopleId": "ليس لهذا الشعب معرّف PeopleID3",
-  "statusUnknown": "الحالة غير معروفة"
+  "statusUnknown": "الحالة غير معروفة",
+  "printPoster": "🖨️ طباعة ملصق عالي الدقة"
 }
diff --git a/library/i18n/locales/de/wall.json b/library/i18n/locales/de/wall.json
index 8c3f4b905..63de13891 100644
--- a/library/i18n/locales/de/wall.json
+++ b/library/i18n/locales/de/wall.json
@@ -37,5 +37,6 @@
   "commentPlaceholder": "Teilen Sie Ihr Gebet oder Ihre Gedanken…",
   "postComment": "Kommentar posten",
   "noPeopleId": "Diese Volksgruppe hat keine PeopleID3",
-  "statusUnknown": "Status unbekannt"
+  "statusUnknown": "Status unbekannt",
+  "printPoster": "🖨️ HD-Poster drucken"
 }
diff --git a/library/i18n/locales/en/wall.json b/library/i18n/locales/en/wall.json
index 24fe579b4..b8a3b4db3 100644
--- a/library/i18n/locales/en/wall.json
+++ b/library/i18n/locales/en/wall.json
@@ -37,5 +37,6 @@
   "commentPlaceholder": "Share your prayer or thoughts…",
   "postComment": "Post Comment",
   "noPeopleId": "This people group doesn't have a PeopleID3",
-  "statusUnknown": "Status Unknown"
+  "statusUnknown": "Status Unknown",
+  "printPoster": "🖨️ Print HD poster"
 }
diff --git a/library/i18n/locales/es/wall.json b/library/i18n/locales/es/wall.json
index d88c9ae82..029d5b1af 100644
--- a/library/i18n/locales/es/wall.json
+++ b/library/i18n/locales/es/wall.json
@@ -37,5 +37,6 @@
   "commentPlaceholder": "Comparte tu oración o tus pensamientos…",
   "postComment": "Publicar comentario",
   "noPeopleId": "Este pueblo no tiene PeopleID3",
-  "statusUnknown": "Estado desconocido"
+  "statusUnknown": "Estado desconocido",
+  "printPoster": "🖨️ Imprimir póster HD"
 }
diff --git a/library/i18n/locales/fr/wall.json b/library/i18n/locales/fr/wall.json
index 2d68c329d..c055feed8 100644
--- a/library/i18n/locales/fr/wall.json
+++ b/library/i18n/locales/fr/wall.json
@@ -37,5 +37,6 @@
   "commentPlaceholder": "Partagez votre prière ou vos pensées…",
   "postComment": "Publier le commentaire",
   "noPeopleId": "Ce peuple n’a pas de PeopleID3",
-  "statusUnknown": "Statut inconnu"
+  "statusUnknown": "Statut inconnu",
+  "printPoster": "🖨️ Imprimer l’affiche HD"
 }
diff --git a/library/i18n/locales/hi/wall.json b/library/i18n/locales/hi/wall.json
index 22efdb72c..667f9e4f5 100644
--- a/library/i18n/locales/hi/wall.json
+++ b/library/i18n/locales/hi/wall.json
@@ -37,5 +37,6 @@
   "commentPlaceholder": "अपनी प्रार्थना या विचार साझा करें…",
   "postComment": "टिप्पणी पोस्ट करें",
   "noPeopleId": "इस जनसमूह के पास PeopleID3 नहीं है",
-  "statusUnknown": "स्थिति अज्ञात"
+  "statusUnknown": "स्थिति अज्ञात",
+  "printPoster": "🖨️ HD पोस्टर छापें"
 }
diff --git a/library/i18n/locales/it/wall.json b/library/i18n/locales/it/wall.json
index 2b49cbe59..5aed52e34 100644
--- a/library/i18n/locales/it/wall.json
+++ b/library/i18n/locales/it/wall.json
@@ -37,5 +37,6 @@
   "commentPlaceholder": "Condividi la tua preghiera o i tuoi pensieri…",
   "postComment": "Pubblica commento",
   "noPeopleId": "Questo popolo non ha un PeopleID3",
-  "statusUnknown": "Stato sconosciuto"
+  "statusUnknown": "Stato sconosciuto",
+  "printPoster": "🖨️ Stampa poster HD"
 }
diff --git a/library/i18n/locales/pt/wall.json b/library/i18n/locales/pt/wall.json
index ce366431e..53c39afb1 100644
--- a/library/i18n/locales/pt/wall.json
+++ b/library/i18n/locales/pt/wall.json
@@ -37,5 +37,6 @@
   "commentPlaceholder": "Partilhe a sua oração ou pensamentos…",
   "postComment": "Publicar comentário",
   "noPeopleId": "Este povo não tem PeopleID3",
-  "statusUnknown": "Estado desconhecido"
+  "statusUnknown": "Estado desconhecido",
+  "printPoster": "🖨️ Imprimir cartaz HD"
 }
diff --git a/library/i18n/locales/ro/wall.json b/library/i18n/locales/ro/wall.json
index cf78484bf..d1912a05a 100644
--- a/library/i18n/locales/ro/wall.json
+++ b/library/i18n/locales/ro/wall.json
@@ -37,5 +37,6 @@
   "commentPlaceholder": "Împărtășiți rugăciunea sau gândurile…",
   "postComment": "Publică comentariul",
   "noPeopleId": "Acest popor nu are PeopleID3",
-  "statusUnknown": "Stare necunoscută"
+  "statusUnknown": "Stare necunoscută",
+  "printPoster": "🖨️ Tipărește afișul HD"
 }
diff --git a/library/i18n/locales/ru/wall.json b/library/i18n/locales/ru/wall.json
index fe739b556..5d1899ab0 100644
--- a/library/i18n/locales/ru/wall.json
+++ b/library/i18n/locales/ru/wall.json
@@ -37,5 +37,6 @@
   "commentPlaceholder": "Поделитесь молитвой или мыслями…",
   "postComment": "Опубликовать",
   "noPeopleId": "У этого народа нет PeopleID3",
-  "statusUnknown": "Статус неизвестен"
+  "statusUnknown": "Статус неизвестен",
+  "printPoster": "🖨️ Печать плаката HD"
 }
diff --git a/library/i18n/locales/zh/wall.json b/library/i18n/locales/zh/wall.json
index 2dd14536e..472dc2efd 100644
--- a/library/i18n/locales/zh/wall.json
+++ b/library/i18n/locales/zh/wall.json
@@ -37,5 +37,6 @@
   "commentPlaceholder": "分享你的祷告或想法…",
   "postComment": "发表评论",
   "noPeopleId": "该族群没有 PeopleID3",
-  "statusUnknown": "状态未知"
+  "statusUnknown": "状态未知",
+  "printPoster": "🖨️ 打印高清海报"
 }
diff --git a/plugin-designs/wall-of-people-groups/src/components/PeopleGroupsWall.vue b/plugin-designs/wall-of-people-groups/src/components/PeopleGroupsWall.vue
index 21a79bdaa..2a4b39cce 100644
--- a/plugin-designs/wall-of-people-groups/src/components/PeopleGroupsWall.vue
+++ b/plugin-designs/wall-of-people-groups/src/components/PeopleGroupsWall.vue
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
                         <span class="btn-label">{{ isLandscape ? $t('wall.toPortrait') : $t('wall.toLandscape') }}</span>
                         <span class="current-mode">{{ isLandscape ? $t('wall.currentLandscape') : $t('wall.currentPortrait') }}</span>
                     </button>
+                    <button @click="printWall" class="control-btn">{{ $t('wall.printPoster') }}</button>
                     <button @click="resetZoom" class="control-btn">{{ $t('wall.resetZoom') }}</button>
                     <span class="group-count">{{ $t('wall.groupsLoaded', { n: totalGroups }) }}</span>
                 </div>
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
 </template>
 
 <script>
+import { lodPlan } from '../wallLod.js'
 // Wall of People Groups - D3 Zoomable Whiteboard
 export default {
     name: 'PeopleGroupsWall',
@@ -45,7 +47,8 @@ export default {
             cardVerticalSpacing: 3, // Separate vertical spacing
             canvasWidth: 0,
             canvasHeight: 0,
-            isLandscape: true   
+            isLandscape: true,
+            lodState: { mode: 'placeholder', loaded: 0, total: 0, cardPx: 0 }
         };
     },
     computed: {
@@ -66,6 +69,8 @@ export default {
         }
     },
     mounted() {
+        // verification handle: how many HD photos the wall holds right now (for eyes and gates)
+        try { const host = this.$el?.getRootNode?.()?.host; if (host) host.__wallLod = () => ({ ...this.lodState }); } catch (_) { /* no host */ }
         this.initializeCanvas();
         this.fetchData();
     },
@@ -122,6 +127,8 @@ export default {
                 .on('zoom', (event) => {
                     this.svg.select('.cards-container')
                         .attr('transform', event.transform);
+                    // level of detail follows the view, like a map (wallLod.js)
+                    this.scheduleLod(event.transform);
                 });
             
             this.svg.call(this.zoom);
@@ -186,6 +193,10 @@ export default {
             const totalWidth = this.cardWidth + this.cardSpacing;
             const totalHeight = this.cardHeight + this.cardVerticalSpacing;
             
+            // The grid the level-of-detail pass reasons about: the SAME numbers this layout uses.
+            this._lodGrid = { n: totalGroups, cols, cw: this.cardWidth, ch: this.cardHeight,
+                              spacing: this.cardSpacing, vSpacing: this.cardVerticalSpacing };
+
             // Create card groups with better spacing
             const cardGroups = cardsContainer
                 .selectAll('.card-group')
@@ -312,8 +323,10 @@ export default {
                 .attr('stroke-width', 0.5)
                 .attr('rx', 0); // NO rounded corners
             
-            // Add images or placeholders
-            cardGroups.each(function(d) {
+            // Add images or placeholders. The HD photo URL is PARKED in data-hd; updateLod() moves it into
+            // href only for cards in view when zoomed in, and takes it out again when they leave.
+            const imgNodes = [];
+            cardGroups.each(function(d, i) {
                 const group = d3.select(this);
                 
                 if (d.imageUrl) {
@@ -324,12 +337,13 @@ export default {
                         .attr('y', imageY)
                         .attr('width', imageWidth)
                         .attr('height', imageHeight)
-                        .attr('href', d.imageUrl)
+                        .attr('data-hd', d.imageUrl)
                         .attr('preserveAspectRatio', 'xMidYMid slice')
                         .style('pointer-events', 'none')
                         .on('error', function() {
                             console.log('Image failed to load:', d.imageUrl);
                         });
+                    imgNodes[i] = group.select('image').node();
                 } else {
                     // Add placeholder icon/text if no image URL
                     group
@@ -344,6 +358,10 @@ export default {
                 }
             });
             
+            this._imgNodes = imgNodes;
+            this._hd = new Set();
+            this.$nextTick(() => this.updateLod());
+
             // Add action buttons row with FontAwesome icons - Instagram style
             const buttonY = this.cardHeight * 0.72;
             const buttonSize = iconSize * 0.7; // Make buttons smaller (was iconSize)
@@ -514,8 +532,48 @@ export default {
             console.log(`📐 Switched to ${this.isLandscape ? 'LANDSCAPE (4ft×3ft)' : 'PORTRAIT (3ft×4ft)'}`);
         },
         
-        printWall() {
-            alert('Print functionality coming later!');
+        scheduleLod(t) {
+            this._lodT = t;
+            if (this._lodRaf) return;
+            this._lodRaf = requestAnimationFrame(() => { this._lodRaf = 0; this.updateLod(); });
+        },
+
+        // Reconcile which cards hold their HD photo with what the view needs now (wallLod.js).
+        updateLod() {
+            if (!this._lodGrid || !this.svg || !this._imgNodes || this._printing) return;
+            const el = this.svg.node();
+            const t = this._lodT || d3.zoomTransform(el);
+            const r = el.getBoundingClientRect();
+            // viewBox + 'meet': one wall unit is this many CSS pixels at zoom 1
+            const displayScale = Math.min(r.width / this.canvasWidth, r.height / this.canvasHeight) || 0;
+            const plan = lodPlan(t, { width: this.canvasWidth, height: this.canvasHeight }, displayScale, this._lodGrid);
+            const want = new Set(plan.visible.filter((i) => this._imgNodes[i]));
+            for (const i of [...this._hd]) {
+                if (!want.has(i)) { this._imgNodes[i].removeAttribute('href'); this._hd.delete(i); }
+            }
+            for (const i of want) {
+                if (!this._hd.has(i)) { const n = this._imgNodes[i]; n.setAttribute('href', n.getAttribute('data-hd')); this._hd.add(i); }
+            }
+            this.lodState = { mode: plan.mode, loaded: this._hd.size, total: this._imgNodes.filter(Boolean).length, cardPx: Math.round(plan.cardPx) };
+        },
+
+        // THE HD POSTER PATH: load every photo, wait for them, print, then go back to level of detail.
+        async printWall() {
+            const nodes = (this._imgNodes || []).filter(Boolean);
+            this._printing = true;
+            await Promise.all(nodes.map((n) => new Promise((res) => {
+                if (n.getAttribute('href')) return res();
+                n.addEventListener('load', res, { once: true });
+                n.addEventListener('error', res, { once: true });
+                setTimeout(res, 30000);
+                n.setAttribute('href', n.getAttribute('data-hd'));
+            })));
+            try { window.print(); } finally {
+                this._printing = false;
+                for (const n of nodes) n.removeAttribute('href');
+                this._hd = new Set();
+                this.updateLod();
+            }
         }
     }
 };
diff --git a/plugin-designs/wall-of-people-groups/src/wallLod.js b/plugin-designs/wall-of-people-groups/src/wallLod.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4b592d89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin-designs/wall-of-people-groups/src/wallLod.js
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/**
+ * wallLod.js — level of detail for the Wall of People Groups, the way a map does it.
+ *
+ * ★ WHY. The wall gave every one of its ~2,100 card images its full-size href at once, so the
+ * browser fetched and DECODED every photo even when the whole 4000×3000 wall was on screen and each
+ * photo was a few pixels wide. Decoded bitmaps are uncompressed, so that was the bulk of the ~1.4 GB
+ * the Driver measured. A map never does this: it draws light tiles when zoomed out and loads detail
+ * only for what is in view. Same rule here:
+ *   - zoomed out (a card smaller than `minPx` on screen): NO photos, just the light image slot;
+ *   - zoomed in: HD photos only for the cards in view (plus a margin), and they are UNLOADED again
+ *     when they leave the view;
+ *   - a hard `cap` so no zoom level can load more than that many at once.
+ * Pure geometry, no DOM: the component asks which card indices should hold an HD image and
+ * reconciles the difference. That also makes it testable in node.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @param {{k:number,x:number,y:number}} t       the d3 zoom transform (viewBox units)
+ * @param {{width:number,height:number}} view    the viewBox size (the wall canvas)
+ * @param {number} displayScale                  CSS pixels per viewBox unit (svg meet scale)
+ * @param {{n:number,cols:number,cw:number,ch:number,spacing:number,vSpacing:number}} grid
+ * @param {{minPx?:number,marginCards?:number,cap?:number}} [opts]
+ * @returns {{mode:'placeholder'|'hd', cardPx:number, visible:number[]}}
+ */
+export function lodPlan(t, view, displayScale, grid, { minPx = 48, marginCards = 1, cap = 300 } = {}) {
+  const cardPx = grid.cw * t.k * displayScale
+  if (!(cardPx >= minPx)) return { mode: 'placeholder', cardPx, visible: [] }
+  // the part of the wall canvas the viewport currently shows, in wall coordinates
+  const x0 = (0 - t.x) / t.k, x1 = (view.width - t.x) / t.k
+  const y0 = (0 - t.y) / t.k, y1 = (view.height - t.y) / t.k
+  const stepX = grid.cw + grid.spacing, stepY = grid.ch + grid.vSpacing
+  const rows = Math.ceil(grid.n / grid.cols)
+  const c0 = Math.max(0, Math.floor((x0 - grid.spacing) / stepX) - marginCards)
+  const c1 = Math.min(grid.cols - 1, Math.floor((x1 - grid.spacing) / stepX) + marginCards)
+  const r0 = Math.max(0, Math.floor((y0 - grid.vSpacing) / stepY) - marginCards)
+  const r1 = Math.min(rows - 1, Math.floor((y1 - grid.vSpacing) / stepY) + marginCards)
+  const visible = []
+  for (let r = r0; r <= r1; r++) {
+    for (let c = c0; c <= c1; c++) {
+      const i = r * grid.cols + c
+      if (i < grid.n) visible.push(i)
+    }
+  }
+  // the cap is a safety net: if the view somehow holds more cards than that, stay light
+  if (visible.length > cap) return { mode: 'placeholder', cardPx, visible: [] }
+  return { mode: 'hd', cardPx, visible }
+}
+
+/** The grid the wall lays out (renderCards), so lodPlan and the renderer can never disagree. */
+export function wallGrid(n, canvasWidth, canvasHeight, spacing, vSpacing) {
+  const cols = Math.ceil(Math.sqrt(n * (canvasWidth / canvasHeight)))
+  const rows = Math.ceil(n / cols)
+  const availableWidth = canvasWidth - spacing * (cols + 1)
+  const availableHeight = canvasHeight - spacing * (rows + 1)
+  const cw = Math.min(availableWidth / cols, (availableHeight / rows) * 0.7)
+  return { n, cols, rows, cw, ch: cw / 0.7, spacing, vSpacing }
+}