The Frog Blog

When producing a document which is to be trimmed with a colour, text or graphic right up to the final edge it is important to add 'bleed' to the outer edges.  We normally work to a 3mm bleed around each edge, as shown below.. As you can see the graphic is overrunning the page 3mm from the edge. The reasons for this are to do with small movements of the paper, mainly from the final cutting on the guillotine after it has already been printed, and ensures that your final print is exactly how …