{"id":12,"date":"2008-08-13T12:05:15","date_gmt":"2008-08-13T11:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stationery-direct.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12"},"modified":"2021-01-19T13:34:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T13:34:13","slug":"printers-bleed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stationery-direct.co.uk\/blog\/printers-bleed\/","title":{"rendered":"Printer’s Bleed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Printer’s Bleed<\/strong>
\nIf you haven’t designed print ready artwork before then one<\/strong> of the most important factors to take into consideration is printer’s bleed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Firstly, you need to understand how a commercial printer prints, the following applies to the majority of printed products, however, as an example:<\/p>\n

You require 5,000 300gsm A6 Flyers<\/a>, these are not printed onto individual A6 pieces of card like some people think, instead we print 8 x A6 Flyers onto SRA3 card, this is slightly larger than standard A3 at 450mm x 320mm, we then trim the printed Flyers down to the required A6 size.<\/p>\n

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So what is a bleed?<\/strong>
\nIt is not possible to print all the way to the edge of your A6 Flyers, to achieve this we have to print a larger area than is needed and then trim the card down to the required size.<\/p>\n

Images, background images and fills which are intended to extend to the edge of your Flyer must be extended 3mm beyond the cut line to give a bleed. A finished A6 Flyer is 105mm x 148mm, you would assume that your artwork should be the same size, wrong! You need to add a further 3mm onto each edge of the artwork, this is the bleed, this means your artwork should now be 111mm x 154mm.<\/p>\n

What will happen if I don’t add a bleed?<\/strong>
\nThere is very small element of movement when trimming artwork, this can be as small as 1mm-2mm, however, this can cause problems. If you supply your A6 Flyer artwork at 105mm x 148mm and there is 2mm of movement to the left when trimming, this means that on the left handside of your artwork will be a 2mm white border, although very small this will still be noticeable and not look good, this scenario also applies to the top and bottom.<\/p>\n

Another point to bear in mind is if your content is too close to the trim\/cut line, there is a very small chance that it could be cut off, therefore, ensure all content such as text, logos etc sit around 5mm in from the trim \/ cut line or 8mm in if including the bleed.<\/p>\n

The above is print industry standard and applies to all commercial printing.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

TIP<\/strong>: For your convenience we have a wide selection\u00a0of\u00a0free print templates<\/a> that we provide which are already set to the correct sizes and bleed.<\/p>\n

As always, if you are based in the UK<\/strong> and have any questions then do not hesitate to get in touch<\/span><\/a> via our main website, or post a comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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