Bleeds

[Bodvar Bjorgvinsson]

No.
The bleed should be no less that 2.5 - 3mm (a little bit depending on
how accurate the printshop/binding company is). 5mm should be more
than enough.

There are 25.4mm to the inch, so 1/8in is just over 3mm.

Best regards,

Bodvar Bjorgvinsson

On 12/15/05, Steve Rickaby <srickaby at wordmongers.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Dear Experts
>
> Is there any way of controlling crop bleeds in FrameMaker other than deliberately oversizing graphics and overhanging them from page edges? And if the answer is 'no', how big should the bleeds be?
>
> Or should I be ignoring bleeds in FrameMaker altogether and setting them up using the pre-press options in Acrobat for the final PDF?
>
> Spot color, FrameMaker 7, probably offset litho (eventually)
> --
> Steve
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