bleed

Margins, Borders and Bleed – size does matter!

7 June 2011

With any product that has been through a design process and manufactured, the end result is more than meets the eye. To make the execution successful the initiation need to be correct. Print Design Steps All printed products have a few steps to go through, from start to finish. In the first phase, after a [...]

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What is bleed and how is it used in print?

13 November 2009

This is one of the most common questions we answer at Printhouse.  Bleed is a specific area (usually 3mm) added to each outside edge of a page as an aid for the finisher to be able to trim the final document correctly. For example, a document at A4 size, being 210mm x 297mm will measure [...]

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What is a Press Ready PDF?

3 August 2009

What is a press ready PDF? PDF stands for Portable Document Format and was created by Adobe Systems primarily for document exchange. Most people will be familiar with the 2D fixed layout when exchanging files over email or downloading information from the web. PDFs are used to encapsulate the complete description of a file by [...]

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