Cover needs to bleed

[Stuart Rogers]

On 18/04/2011 3:18 PM, Theresa de Valence wrote:
> Hi Framers,
>
> Thanks for all the help you've given me lately :)
>
> I'm printing a Conference Guide which will be 8.5" x 11" when finished
> The outside front and rear covers will be in colour, and I want the
> colour to bleed to the edge.
>
> Do I create a Master Page to be used for the front and rear covers which
> is 9" x 11.5"? (The printer has an Indigo which prints 12" x 18").
>
> Or should I accomplish this bleed a different way?
>
> Will having pages which used different sizes of master pages cause any
> problem with book generation?
>
> Will having page sizes larger than 8.5" x 11" cause any problems with
> printing the book (to check it) on my local printer?
>
> Any advice you want to confer?
>

There's some advice here:
http://www.freeframers.org/archive/04/msg00164.html

Sounds like you should keep your FM page size the same, but extend your 
graphics beyond its boundaries.  Then when distilling, specify a larger 
paper size and crop marks.

HTH

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Stuart Rogers
Technical Communicator
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