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Do I really have to adjust the pics and text boxes to be in line With the margins, or is there any way to cut the elements outside the margins when I print?
I tried checking out for slugs and set 12,7 mm., but that just made 1/3 of the pages getting the pic cutted in edge and some of it seem to be showed in the edge of the next page(!)
Just to clarify the terminology, the margin, trim, bleed, and slug are all different page elements. Here from the inside to the outside: the magenta line is the margin, the black line is the trim (everything inside of the trim mark will show in the finished page), the red line is the bleed, and the cyan line is the slug. Any page item between the trim and the slug will be trimmed of in the bindery.
With facing page documents the inside bleed has to come from the opposite page—the inside bleed gets removed when the pages are imposed by the printer.
This would include an inside bleed and slug from the opposite page:
While this would not include an inside bleed or inside slug:
Be warned that not having any Bleed is considered "less Professional"!
1. Do not cut off your images, or any other content that runs up to the edge, at that edge, ever. There Must be Bleed. Printers need it so they are not required to cut the printed pages with sub-millimeter accuracy (which seems easy enough for a single page; but is very hard to do with whole stacks of pages, even though they prefer this over cutting one page at a time).
2. Only when exporting or printing for proofing purposes, disable bleed if you want a general idea of how the final processed pages will look. When creating a final to-be-printed PDF, (a) verify that all images and other edge-side content have enough bleed, (b) you have enabled Bleed in the export, and (c) that it appears in the final PDF as it should.
Hi Mikael:
No, I intentionally sat the frames to extend outside the slug line to be sure that doesn't end up uneven.
It might be helpful to clarify the terms:
- The slug line (blue) is an area that is defined beyond the paper edge and bleed lines—it is a place for notes (often for the printer) that won't show up in the final document because it is well beyond the trim (or page edge).
- Bleed lines (red) define a small area that is outside the page edge. To print to the paper’s edge without any margins around your design, first extend your design into a bleed area so it’s slightly larger than your finished print size. Then add crop marks, which show where to trim the paper to the document’s finished print size. Your design should extend past these crop marks. The excess will be trimmed off after it’s printed, and your design will cover the entire page.
- The page edge is black and the margins are pink and purple.
I'm unclear if the frames aren't lining up with the margins (you need to fix those yourself) or if you are worried that they extend beyond the bleed. Note that the bleed and slug areas are discarded when the document is trimmed to its final page size. Objects outside the bleed or slug area (whichever extends farthest) are not printed.
~Barb
I'm also having hard time to understand exactly what you mean, but let's have a try.
If I understand correctly, you are not going to send out the PDF to a professional printer, but that you will print it on an office printing machine.
Meaning, no bleed, no trim, but - is that what you want?- even blank margins all around the final document?
Are you saying that your document looks like this:
That the printed output looks like this:
And that you want it to print like this:
Am I correct ?
If so, it will be easier to advise, if not, please show us some screenshots... (normal view)
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