Hi everyone,I’m running into an issue with InDesign 20.3 (2025) when exporting PDFs for print. Even though I set the inside bleed to 0 mm — both in Document Setup and during PDF export — crop marks still appear on the inside edge of each page.What I've tried:Created a brand-new PDF export preset from scratch.Tested both facing-page and single-page documents.Tried exporting using document bleed settings as well as entering the values manually — same result.Exported both packaged and non-packaged files — no difference.This is causing layout problems in perfect-bound print jobs where inside crop marks are not acceptable.Has anyone else experienced this with version 20.3?Is this a known bug or is there a workaround I might have missed?Thanks in advance!Best,Banu

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PDF Export Issue: InDesign 20.3 Adds Crop Marks to Inside with No Bleed

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April 30, 2025
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Hi everyone,

I’m running into an issue with InDesign 20.3 (2025) when exporting PDFs for print. Even though I set the inside bleed to 0 mm — both in Document Setup and during PDF export — crop marks still appear on the inside edge of each page.

What I've tried:

Created a brand-new PDF export preset from scratch.
Tested both facing-page and single-page documents.
Tried exporting using document bleed settings as well as entering the values manually — same result.
Exported both packaged and non-packaged files — no difference.

This is causing layout problems in perfect-bound print jobs where inside crop marks are not acceptable.

Has anyone else experienced this with version 20.3?
Is this a known bug or is there a workaround I might have missed?

Thanks in advance!

Best,

Banu

Correct answer BO_mita

Thanks for the replies.

I’d like to clarify — of course I understand that crop marks are meant to indicate the trim area. The issue was that even though the inside bleed was set to 0 mm, InDesign was treating it as 3 mm. I uninstalled and reinstalled InDesign, and the problem is now resolved.

Thank you very much!

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Eugene Tyson

Community Expert

I can't replicate this behaviour - can you share some screenshots or a document to test please?

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BO_mitaAuthorCorrect answer

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Thanks for the replies.

I’d like to clarify — of course I understand that crop marks are meant to indicate the trim area. The issue was that even though the inside bleed was set to 0 mm, InDesign was treating it as 3 mm. I uninstalled and reinstalled InDesign, and the problem is now resolved.

Thank you very much!

rob day

Community Expert

Hi @BO_mita , Just to clarify, you have Marks and Bleeds set like this:

And yo don’t get this?:

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Eugene Tyson

Community Expert

This is normal behaviour. Just ensure the crop marks are offset setting is larger than the bleed, if your bleed is 3mm the offset the crop marks by 3.5mm or something similar.

Robert at ID-Tasker

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As per the message - OP doesn't want inner crop mark - when bleed = 0.

Robert at ID-Tasker

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But crop marks are to show trimming edges - it doesn't matter if it's a page edge alone or page edge + bleed.

It's all or nothing.

What I've tried:

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