94. Try not to bleed
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Bleeds are a visually striking and very well accepted design technique. Now, here’s the downside. To make an image or color bleed, you have to print on oversize stock, then trim to the finished size. The printed trim turns into waste that’s hard to reuse. Consider, instead, doing designs that don’t require bleeds, or if you must bleed, resize your piece so you can print on a standard size sheet, with a smaller-than-usual finished size. The unusual size might even draw more attention to your client’s piece.
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The “standard size sheet” issue is the hard part. Sheet size is going to be determined by sheet size from the mill and press size and is going to be trimmed anyway.
Comment by Charles October 16, 2007 @ 1:49 pmGood idea, bad example.
Comment by Linda October 26, 2007 @ 8:46 pmWhat’s the difference between trimming the bleed on an oversized sheet and trimming it off a standard sheet? You’re still left with waste that’s hard to reuse.
If you do it at a smaller size, you have less waste. It’s best if you don’t do it, but if you have to, try to reduce the amount of material by making it smaller.
Comment by Christian Snodgrass August 7, 2008 @ 2:11 amIf it’s a book or pamphlet and you print on smaller paper, you’re likely to need more sheets to include all the info – so you’d be using even more paper than if you just went with the larger sheet…
Comment by Emilie October 2, 2008 @ 6:09 pm