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February 6, 2009
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Print to edge of paper

  • February 6, 2009
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I have forgotten how to make a page print all the way to the edge of the paper, and I cannot remember what that effect is named. Thus, I can't find an answer in the FAQ's. Thank you for any help.
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_Feote_Author
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February 7, 2009
I'm not having success, Michael. Using positive numbers for bleed increased the white border area. I went back to zero, the scaled the grouped images up 3%, and just chopped peoples heads off. When I go back to the document default (saved) I get a 3/8 border of white paper all the way around. i do thank you, sir, but I think I will put it away for the weekend. have a good one!
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Michael_Gianino
Inspiring
February 6, 2009
You want to use a positive number. The larger the number, the farther out past the trim area the bleed will extend. If you could use a negative number, I suppose it would contract the image onto the page, and you would get blank paper at the edges instead of image.

Are your crop marks on, and is the page you are printing to large enough to hold the page plus the trim marks and bleed?
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_Feote_Author
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February 6, 2009
Bleed, that was it Michael. Thank you. I cannot seem to get the bleed set to print to the edges of the page. InDesign document setup doesn't allow for a minus number for bleed. Any suggestions?
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_Jeffrey_Smith_
Participating Frequently
February 6, 2009
A lot of Inkjet printers can print to the edge and the term "Borderless" is possibly used in the print driver options.
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Mary K. Corp
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August 14, 2022

I am okay to live in bewilderment at this time.  I am using Adobe Illustrator to make cards and I was not able to print to the edge.  I followed instructions in the Illustrator program with bleed in trim.  My Canon printer will print photos but not to the edge from Illulstrator so far. 

    BobLevine
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    BobLevineCommunity Expert
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    August 14, 2022

    This is an InDesign forum and you just hijacked a 13 year old thread. Please post your question in the Illustrator forum.

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    Michael_Gianino
    Inspiring
    February 6, 2009
    "Bleed" is when you print to a page size that is larger than your finished piece with trim marks indicating the trim size, and is printed so that the image extends beyond the trim marks. When trimmed through the excess image, the remaining image extends all the way to one or more of the edges.

    Is that what you were thinking of?
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      CO73
      Participant
      May 3, 2017

      I am trying to create two identical cards with a blue boarder around the entire 4.25" x 10.75" cards so the only cut the printer will need to make is down the middle. There are two of these cards on 8.5" x 11" paper. When I create  PDF of the document it looks fine, but when I sent it to the printer he said there is a ton of white space around the top, bottom and each edge. I have messed with this thing so much I am frustrated, I want to start over. What should my document presets be for this project?

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