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March 9, 2012
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Problem with Bleed, getting a white border I don't want

  • March 9, 2012
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Hi,

When I export my document, my 10mm bleed becomes this white frame. I have not found a solution on how to get rid of it. I've tried a bunch of different things, and now I'm hoping some nice person here can help me out.

Here is how the bleed looks like in the document:

This is the pdf: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3098225/spiral2.pdf

This is my Indesign project file: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3098225/spiral.zip

I want my bleed lines to show, but I don't want that white frame.

I suspect my problem is very easy to fix..

I would really appreciate some help on this. Thanks!

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      Correct answer 33_Steps

      Did you put an offset  in for the bleeds and crops when you exported the PDF? See attached

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      Peter Spier
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      Peter SpierCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      March 9, 2012

      Looking at your last screen grab your crop marks are inside the bleed area. In theory this is OK, since they are supposed to get cut off, but in practice you'll want to add enough offset to move themoutside the bleed area. That's there, after all, just in case the cutter is misaligned, and if it is you don't wan those marks showing up on your finished prints.

      10 mm, by the way  is pretty big for a bleed allowance. 3 mm is pretty normal.

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      borkibarkAuthor
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      March 9, 2012

      Thanks for the tip Peter!

      so how much offset would you suggest for this bleed?

      About the 10mm bleed, that is what the print shop insists on. I have no idea why they need it that big. As I'm sure it obvious, I'm a newbie.

      MW Design
      MW Design
      Inspiring
      March 9, 2012

      Peter mentions 3mm (Being in the US, I most often use 0.0125" which is a bit over 3 mm and sometimes a bit less).

      Take care, Mike

      Daniel Flavin
      Daniel Flavin
      Inspiring
      March 9, 2012

      Toggle "Use Document Bleed Setting" from the Export > Marks and Bleeds

      You have defined the bleed in the setup, but did not envoke it.

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      borkibarkAuthor
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      March 9, 2012

      Hi guys.

      Thanks for the input!

      However, when I set "use documents bleed settings" in export>Marks and Bleeds, I still get the white frame. The pdf looks exactly the same.

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      borkibarkAuthor
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      March 9, 2012

      I found the solution!

      In export under Marks and Bleeds I had to activate "crop marks", and deactivate "bleed marks". While having the Use document bleed setting on. Now the white frame is gone!

      Anyway, thank you for your time guys!

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        Jeffrey_SmithCommunity Expert
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        March 9, 2012

        Do you have bleed set in the export as well?

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