Indesign / Layout Q
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- Atkinson
I'm laying out a booklet - 24 page publication where page 1 is the front and 24 is the back, using Indesign.
The whole document has a bleed of 5mm all round. The cover is effectively a double page spread but the printers need it laying out as single pages. The trouble is that because the doc has a bleed all around there is a 5mm overlap between front and back covers. Is there a way of loosing the bleed down the spine edge of the book in indesign?
- jaylarson0
just make sure things don't bleed across the spread. i usually do this by hand, but it'd be nice to know if there can be automation involved.
- monospaced0
It might be as simple as not putting any artwork in the bleed area on the spine edges of the front and back covers. The best answer you're going to get is from the printer who told you he wanted this in single pages.
You may have to make your cover a full spread instead of pages 1 and 24.
- goldieboy0
Just layout as singles with bleed. Once the printers get their inky little hands on the PDF's they'll slice together etc
- ItalianStallion0
Because of imposition issues is better if you ask the printer if his system can discard bleed (actually some systems does).
The best way could be a separate document with no bleed on the spine side.
- Atkinson0
yeah they accept single files for covers so will do that. Just annoying you cant just erase spine bleed on indesign
- Miesfan0
Can you create separate documents for the cover spread and for the body of the book?
A page, but what size? Can you print DINA4 and DINA3?...
This helps...
- i_monk0
Resize/crop out the bleed on the spine-side and then
File | Print Booklet...
> 2-up saddle stitchNow you have a PDF set up with printer spreads.
- rosecs0
If you want no inside bleed for the covers only make it a separate file and then file-document setup- un-click the link icon and set inside bleed to 0.
- Amicus0
Every page will actually be a spread after imposition.... the printers imposition software automatically deletes the bleed where necessary.
- Josev0
You could, as others have said, make the cover a separate document. Or, you could make the Front and back cover the first two pages in the document, have them set up as a spread with the remaining 22 pages as individual pages. Just uncheck "allow document pages to shuffle" and drag page two up next to page one. Just be sure to tell the printer that page one and two are the covers.
- Unless I'm not understanding the problemJosev
- That's what I said up above. It's been discussed ad naseum.monospaced
- and you're understanding perfectly fine, which is why your solution is spot onmonospaced
- Yes, it's been discussed ad nauseum, but I posted this because he may not know that you can move individual pages by unchecking the "allow document pages..." feature.Josev
- by unchecking the "allow document pages..." featureJosev
- fair enoughmonospaced
- Also, as others have pointed out, it's really not that big of an issue because the imposition software will probably remove the unnecessary bleed. But it would be tedious to layout those pages if it's one large image spanning both pages. So this is probably easiest from a design perspective.Josev
- the unnecessary bleed. But it would be tedious to layout those pages if it's one large image spanning both pages. So this is probably easiest from a design perspective.Josev
- exactly, it was I who said thatmonospaced
- akrok0
do the design with "facing pages", then when your done.
you uncheck facing pages, and it makes it single pages, then you finalize the file with bleeds, etc.
- doesnotexist0
i usually send the cover over as a separate file
- akrokdesign0
^
seams more fool proof with one file then two, but then it depends who's your printer. ;-)
- Amicus0
My printer accepts single page pdfs and imposes everything from that file. I just put a 3–5mm bleed depending on how many pages there are. (more pages = more bleed allowing for creep)