Bleed and Trim Marks

  1. What is bleed?

    Bleed is a very important element that needs to be added when you create your artwork. Your design may incorporate images or colours that run to the edge of the page, these items should be extended to ‘bleed’ off the page by a minimum of 2 mm.

    • Good Setup Bleed Guide - 2
    • Bad Setup Bleed Guide

  1. Cut / Crop / Trim Marks

    These marks are thin lines placed on the corners of a document, image or artwork layout to indicate where the paper should be trimmed after printing. Crop marks are important for any artwork, especially if the design has bleed.

    • Only Trim - 2
    • Too - Much