Understanding Print Bleeds

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Print bleeds are an important aspect of professional printing that aAllows for the creation of printed materials that have crisp, clean edges, and vivid, full-color imagery. The purpose of a bleed is to ensure that when a printed piece is trimmed to its final size, any color or imagery that is meant to extend to the edge of the document will not have a white border or margin around it. A bleed is an extra margin added to the edge of a document that extends beyond the intended trim size. DO NOT EXTEND YOUR CURRENT DOCUMENT UNLESS IT HAS BLEED ON IT! You will need to add extra to the sides on this product due to the nature of the final result. To understand how print bleeds work, imagine that you have a document that contains an image or color that is meant to extend all the way to the edge of the page. If you were to print the document at its intended size without a bleed, the printer would likely leave a small white margin around the edge of the page. This is because even the most precise printers can't always print right up to the edge of a sheet of paper. By adding a bleed, however, you extend the image or color beyond the edge of the page so that when the document is trimmed down to its final size, the color or image is seamlessly extended all the way to the edge of the page.In order to create a bleed, you'll need to create a document that is slightly larger than the final trim size of the printed piece. This means that you'll need to account for the bleed in the design process so that any important text or imagery isn't accidentally cut off when the document is trimmed down to its final size. Most printing companies will provide specifications for the bleed size required for their particular printing process, but as a general rule, a bleed of 1/8" to 1/4" is usually sufficient. Print bleeds are an important aspect of professional printing done at Print Charming to help ensure that printed materials have clean edges and full-color imagery that extends all the way to the edge of the page. By adding an extra margin beyond the trim size of a document, Print Charming can ensure that there are no unwanted white margins around the edges of printed pieces, resulting in a more professional and polished finished product.

Print bleeds are an important aspect of professional printing that aAllows for the creation of printed materials that have crisp, clean edges, and vivid, full-color imagery. The purpose of a bleed is to ensure that when a printed piece is trimmed to its final size, any color or imagery that is meant to extend to the edge of the document will not have a white border or margin around it. A bleed is an extra margin added to the edge of a document that extends beyond the intended trim size. DO NOT EXTEND YOUR CURRENT DOCUMENT UNLESS IT HAS BLEED ON IT! You will need to add extra to the sides on this product due to the nature of the final result. To understand how print bleeds work, imagine that you have a document that contains an image or color that is meant to extend all the way to the edge of the page. If you were to print the document at its intended size without a bleed, the printer would likely leave a small white margin around the edge of the page. This is because even the most precise printers can't always print right up to the edge of a sheet of paper. By  adding a bleed, however, you extend the image or color beyond the edge of the page so that when the document is trimmed down to its final size, the color or image is seamlessly extended all the way to the edge of the page.In order to create a bleed, you'll need to create a document that is slightly larger than the final trim size of the printed piece. This means that you'll need to account for the bleed in the design process so that any important text or imagery isn't accidentally cut off when the document is trimmed down to its final size. Most printing companies will provide specifications for the bleed size required for their particular printing process, but as a general rule, a bleed of 1/8" to 1/4" is usually sufficient. Print bleeds are an important aspect of professional printing done at Print Charming to help ensure that printed materials have clean edges and full-color imagery that extends all the way to the edge of the page. By adding an extra margin beyond the trim size of a document, Print Charming can ensure that there are no unwanted white margins around the edges of printed pieces, resulting in a more professional and polished finished product.