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PRINTERS-professional printers help! (not a computer printer)
Hello,
I wondered what are the general rules I need to follow when concerning leaving space by the edge of a piece (to be created on the computer) for it to be cut, for example and other general guidlines when creating say an editorial on the somputer and then for it to be going to print? I know I should bleed the images off the page at least 2mm
Thank you
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It depends on lots of things; if you're using one of the industry standard DTP programs most of the work is done for you and your printer will be able to use your files with the default settings. Many (most, probably) pro printers really don't like low-end software such as spawn-of-the-devil (sorry, Microsoft!) Publisher and the like, and you'll need to discuss requirements with your printer. Are you preparing a whole book, a whole magazine, or just a contribution to a publication? If the latter, I wouldn't worry about it because your work will in any case have to be imported into whatever program is being used to prepare the publication and any formatting will be lost anyway. If you can give me a bit more detail about what you need to do I'll try to be a bit more constructive! (I edit a magazine). You're right about full-bleed images (actually my printers prefer 5mm, but 2mm will do ), but margins and gutters need a bit of thought if you're not using something like Quark Xpress or Adobe PageMaker.
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