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2. Re: New Document size
jesusleon46 Feb 21, 2011 1:28 AM (in response to Stix Hart)Thank you very much Stix Hart! This is perfect!
all the best wishes,
J
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3. Re: New Document size
P Spier Feb 21, 2011 5:07 AM (in response to Stix Hart)Stix Hart wrote:
...set a margin0.25 in from the edge and don't design outside that, that is the "live" area...
Of course you should feel free to design outside the "live area," just don't put anything critical outside it.
Bleed allowances are added to protect against misalignment of a page in the cutter. If the page is shifted so the cut is outside the theoretical page boundary on one edge, it will be cut inside the theoretical boundary on the opposite edge by an equal amount, so the "safe zone" is the area that will still be left in the worst case scenario if the cuts are off on all four sides on different sheets.
In this case, the printer is recommending an additional .125 inches all around so your important content cant be closer than .125 to any edge under the worst conditions. You might want to add even more. Note that in a quality printing and binding operation it would be rare to see a full .125 shift with press output, but it isn't outside the realm of possibility for output from a color coper or other digital printing method.
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4. Re: New Document size
jesusleon46 Feb 21, 2011 12:49 PM (in response to P Spier)Peter, Thanks for your advice! I really appreciate it!




