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Posts Tagged ‘trimming’

Speak Like a Designer: Bleed

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

Bleed refers to an image or a background color extending off the page. This will be trimmed or cut away and will leave an image flowing off the page. Printing with bleed usually incurs a higher cost, because of the extra step to trim it. Printers will let you know how much bleed to use when setting up your design.

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Speak Like a Designer: Trimming

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

Trimming refers to a finishing process where sheets of paper are cut or trimmed to your specified size. This is usually the last or almost last step in a printing process.

For example: If you created a 6″ x 8″ booklet, the printer will print it on larger paper and trim away 3 sides to give the final result.

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