If you have content that you want to be right at the edge of a design (or just go off the edge), you must use a bleed. In order to combat this, you print a little over the edge of the design on larger stock (paper). In other words, there's really no such thing as "borderless" printing on a commercial press. With books, some printers can even require up to 0.5" (13mm!)Ī commercial printer can not print right to the edge of a sheet of paper. The safe margin should be 0.125" (3mm) inside your design. Nothing important should be on the "bleed" part! Printers also need bleed if the magazine or book is thick because they need to adjust the "creep" pages are not cut exactly at the same exact width on thicker magazine or book, otherwise the pages in the middle would look wider than the pages that are closer to the covers.įor the same reasons, you need to be careful and keep your texts or important elements within the "safe margin" of your design and The part where the fold or binding is will still be cut or folded. It's still a good idea to create your own designs (front cover and back cover) with bleed on all sides it will be easier for you to merge them together later when you'll prepare the final print-ready file.įor magazine, they usually provide a template or precise instructions for bleed but the file still need to have bleed on all sides. The bleed will only be necessary for the printer on the outside edges.
In this case, you can simply provide your final print-ready at its final size, without any extra bleed.Īnother situation where you might not need to add bleed on all sides is when your file is provided as a "printer spread" for example, a book cover design with the spine, front and back cover on the same layout OR a brochure with a fold OR a greeting card. a design with a white border.) Some small ads in magazine or newspapers don't require it but it's better to provide a file with some bleed if you're not certain. The only time you don't need to use bleed is when there is absolutely nothing printed on all sides (eg. The minimum amount of bleed should be around 0.125" (3mm) outside your document final size, ideally 0.25" (6mm).
Even giant size banner need it unless you don't mind having a banner that is a bit smaller it will be trimmed smaller if there's no bleed added to your layout! That goes for business cards, postcards, flyers, covers, banners, etc. The cutters that print shop use is not 100% perfect, pages might not be aligned or printed perfectly when you add bleed, you make sure there's color everywhere no matter what. The bleed is an extra area that you add to your design to make sure there's no "white border" once the card or flyer is cut. Yes, ideally all files that need bleed should have it on all sides.
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