Comments on: Bleed

By: offset printing

offset printing — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 06:30:07 +0000

nice article.you have explain regarding bleed with reason of bleed.thank you

By: Linda

Linda — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 06:30:20 +0000

This is a brilliant article!!

You have literally saved me from making one of the biggest printing mistakes ever! How could not ask for trimming. Thanks so much, it’s people like you who share their knowledge that makes the lives of others easier to live

Regads,
Linda G
xLx…

By: Shohre

Shohre — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:16:28 +0000

I have a problem with trim lines and fold line in indesign, they also appear after I export my files to Pdf, would you please help me how I have to save may artwork as pdf that they dont disappear again?

By: Laurens

Laurens — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:52:38 +0000

It atculy is!!!!!

By: Laurens

Laurens — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:52:11 +0000

Maybe it is a silly question but is your printer capable of printing to the edge of the paper? A lot of printers need some margin to hold of the paper.

By: david zurek

david zurek — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:13:56 +0000

is this atculy true?????

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 23:04:50 +0000

I have 1/4″ of white space around a cover photo on a brochure I am building every time I print it. What is that called and how do I rid the document of it? Does not show when I export to .pdf…. only after I print.

Good Article! Still learning InDesign

By: Martin - Web Design

Martin - Web Design — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 10:19:12 +0000

You will need to change the JPGs to add bleed, the only way you could not alter the JPG would be to increase the canvas size and then fill in the background with a colour that would suit the rest. Generally easier to extend elements to the new edge though.

Thanks for this article, I’m going to pass it on

By: Judy Peterson

Judy Peterson — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 20:56:38 +0000

I made document size exact 14.75×8.5 for brochure. Background is jpg images of trees and a separate image in line with trees of sky (so 2 jpgs set side by side). Now they tell me they need a .25″ bleed. If I resample the bitmaps to 15×8.75 it changes the overall look of the piece because things get taller and/or wider with resizing. Using Corel Draw exporting to 7.0 pdf or higher. Is there any way to create the bleed area without changing the look of the original jpg images? I changed page size to 15×8.75 and exported with instructions for a .25″ bleed but still only get white border all around.

By: Kat Evans

Kat Evans — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 07:13:32 +0000

I have read the article and also everyone’s comments on this subject of bleeds. I am not a designer. I am a Prepress workflow operator, and have worked for the last 10 years in Kodak Prinergy Preps. In my own experience, most of the designers out there do not seem to understand all that is required for the print processes. It is all very well bleating to the customer and the csr about requiring less or extra bleed. It normally falls on deaf ears. In commercial heat offset print, we normally work out the bleed required, based on what type and weight of paper the publication is being printed on. The thickness of the finished article needs to be worked out. Once this is achieved, we then apply various “creeps” to the different sections of the publication, depending on where the pages lie in the book or magazine.

IE, as we work with finished pdf’s as supplied from the publisher or designer etc, the files, therefore, do not belong to us, and we do not alter them. In order to apply creep we “pull” (moving the offsets – increasing or decreasing the “x” co-ordinate) in towards the spine to
allay the problem of the content of the publication from pushing out, and therefore also allowing the folios to back up.

The above is an excellent article, and everybody’s comments are relevant. Did not mean to be rude by adding my experiences.