Business Card Bleed?

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  For small print jobs, is the the bleed usually 1/4 inch or 1/8 inch?

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• JerseyRaindog0

  Usually dictated by your printer but 3mm is plenty.

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  • <ali
  • 3mm biatches! Some printers specify 10mm but you can tell them it's not 1970 anymore.Raniator
  • but... is your design very punk-esque? i.e. cut-off is part of the look?
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  • 10mm in a business card is assuming a margin error of 20% of the artwork height -eek!maikel

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• ETM0

  Why would it matter if it's a small print job?

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  • I think he means scale, rather than run.MrT
  • Ahh... makes perfect sense, now that you said it.ETM
  • Correct. Sorry not to be more clear.
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• vaxorcist0

  I had less issues with bleed than color registration on one card run.... found another printer...

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  • Colour registration? Was this letterpress? Or pantones? How can a printer mess up that badly?biusness
  • local small shop.... probably the guy who knew what to do was on vacation....vaxorcist

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• non0

  Ask your printer. Don't come to QBN for design advice.

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• spendogg0

  1/8 should be just fine for any printer who knows what the fuck they are doing.

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• Gnash0

  1/8 for sure. If they need 1/4 inch find another printer

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  • unless they trim with butter knives. then give the 1/4 inchGnash

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• maikel0

  I would suggest a proportion of 2 to 1 bleeding to artwork, so no less than 180mm each side and about 100mm top and bottom - that said, it varies a bit from country to country.

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  • < thismonospaced
  • Cutting it a bit close, no?duckseason

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• akrok0

  1. first you have to get your wrist out.
  2. clear the wrist of things. (if you have any)
  3. get out one of your sharp business card
  4. put the edge at the side of the wrist.
  5. now slice.
  6. that's your bleed.
  

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• akrok0

  7. usually between .125 and .25

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• akrok0

  7. usually between .125 and .25

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  • I would kill myself, too if that was the best font I could findJosev
  • for anything but a tattoo parlor or and S&M dungeon.....vaxorcist

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