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Bleed Explained
At Roller Banners UK we offer lots of different products, including printed paper products such as flyer and leaflets. As such, we sometimes use a professional grade print guillotine to cut through large volumes of paper or card. Despite the high accuracy and high speed of the sharp steel blade, sometimes micro-movements can cause tiny discrepancies in the cutting pattern.
As such, we recommend adding some overprint (more commonly known as bleed area) around the edges of your printed flyer & leaflet paper products.
Bleed explained – how much bleed do I need?
We advise to add 3mm all around your document, any image or background colours / patterns will need to be extended to the end of this area.
Document set up with no bleed
Document set up with 3mm bleed
Exported PDF with bleed and crops
Bleed explained – how do I add bleed to my document?
Indesign
Under File > Document set up in the dialog box that says bleed and slug click into the bleed part and add 3mm on each side.
Illustrator
Similar to indesign except File > New will bring up the document dialog box, add 3mm to all sides.
Photoshop
Photoshop does not have a bleed setting so we recommend setting up your document 3mm bigger all around, so if document is to be printed A4 (210x297mm) set up as 216 x 303mm.
Safe Area
To keep your artwork looking clean and aesthetically pleasing we recommend working with a safe area or ‘margin’, not to be confused with bleed this area sits within the artwork and is generally used for text and headings or important information on top of your background area, your type layout on screen can look fine if its a couple of millimetres in from the edge.
but once it is printed onto its chosen material it will appear cramped and uneven.
We recommend a margin of at least 5mm for smaller printed items and for larger items such as banners go up to around 25mm.
but once it is printed onto its chosen material it will appear cramped and uneven.
We recommend a margin of at least 5mm for smaller printed items and for larger items such as banners go up to around 25mm.
If you are unsure about bleed and your artwork then call us on 023 8087 8037 or email us.
