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I have followed the instructions provided by the print shop.
1) File => New 105mm x 148mm
Bleed => 3mm
2) File => Place and resize to fit the "box" to the red outline
3) Save as => PDF
Marks & Bleed
click "trim marks"
The print shop says that they don't see the bleed.
Opening as preview on Mac I don't see the bleed either.
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Apple Preview is a toy.
If you want to do Preflight, you'll need to use Acrobat.
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Hey Monika,
Thank-you for your suggestion. I should have mentioned and this is the real issue the print shop said that the bleeds are not showing.
They are not able to use the PDFs for printing. I have a number of files. The print shop can't use them; eventhough, I followed the instructions provided by the print shop.
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Are they opening the PDF in Acrobat?
Can you please upload that PDF?
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Yes please, as Monika suggested, share an example PDF file with Illustrator editing capabilities.
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Thank-you for taking the time to help. 🙂
As mentioned, when I ask for a preview before saving it shows the bleeds.
The printshop isn't able to use the file.
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Bleeds not cheeked: showed the bleeds.
After Bleeds Checked: shows the bleeds.
When I was in the printshop s/he, provided a file and how it should look. Based on what I am seeing now these images are what s/he wants.
Maybe it's a glitch...
I have to wait till Monday to see if the printshop will accept the files.
Your help and time is definitely appreciated.
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Your bleed is extremely large and will cut off most of the image.
You say you need 3 mm, but you have 33 mm
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I thought I had corrected that in the updated version.
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Almost, you need to scale it so that all four bleed areas are filled, currently only the bottom uses the bleed.
Just scale it so all sides touch the red bleedbox.
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Cheers! As far as I could see I had filled the "red box".
hahaha
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Hey Ton, thanks for your help.
I had to fiddle with the Acrobat settings and set it to Acrobat 5.
Then I went into Marks and Bleeds and unclick use document settings. Set the bleeds to 3mm all around to get the bleeds.
When I look at the image in preview, I can see the bleed. Thanks for taking the time to help and at least provide some feedback.
As far as I can see the "Red Box" is filled.
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Looks like you solved it, looks good to me.