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    #1
    Hi everyone,
    I have a (stupid?) question.

    I'm designing a business card with text and a color bar on the top & bottom of the card, like so:



    Using the printer's "safe zone", it looks like potentially I could get a card with the color extending too far to the top, looking something like this:

    Has anyone had any experience with creating full-bleed designs like this? Any tips?
    Thanks for the help!
    Suzanna
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  • #2
    you are correct...but... if your printer (binery dept) is any good you shouldn't have this bad of a problem.
    the line swedish....-....Massage is also in jeporady in getting the axe as it is very close to the edges also

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    • #3
      Just don't design your text so close to the edge.

      A la...

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      • #4
        Printers

        Originally posted by vtwin_gary
        you are correct...but... if your printer (binery dept) is any good you shouldn't have this bad of a problem.
        Do you have any recommendations for online printers? I'm wondering about VisaPrint... or overnightprints.com

        Or is local best?

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        • #5
          This is a common question and not stupid. Unlike the online world the physical world is not perfect (or at least we, as humans, aren't) so you have to take into account the cutting of your product. In order to get any art to the edge of your product you have to design beyond the edge of the product (in my shop it's 1/8" but it ranges) to account for human error when cutting.

          In your art you also have to account for the right side, left side, and bottom, which you haven't currently done in your example.

          FYI - I don't think the LMT# needs to be so focused on. IMO it shouldn't be any more (and should be maybe less) emphasized than the contact info.
          Last edited by JesterBlaze; 04-19-2007, 03:48 AM.

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          • #6
            working with bleed can be a problem since you need to ensure that everything that is to run to the edge needs to bleed over the edge - in your case, top and bottom, but also left and right.

            the problem arises when we work with the bleed area activated (visible) as we often get this false sense of security that our elements are well away from the edge of the document. Sometimes when the bleed is eliminated you get elements left very close to the edge or even cut off. and this will spoil the design (no sh*t, sherlock)

            The best approach is to work with out the bleed area and add it at the end prior to prepress. This can be time consuming - but worth it.

            InDesign has a good tool which can toggle the bleed area between visible and invisible which can help control this too.

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            • #7
              a good rule of thumb, always keep text "at least" 1/8" from all edges on business cards... not only does it save you from it looking off from any mis reg, it also just looks better...

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Silence04
                a good rule of thumb, always keep text "at least" 1/8" from all edges on business cards... not only does it save you from it looking off from any mis reg, it also just looks better...
                And what would that be in metric measures (mm)?

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                • #9
                  a piece of advice, which I found out in real world, but it seems no one really discusses. Not only allow for bleed