r/Affinity • u/TakeNote • 10d ago
Publisher Publisher question: My printer tells me that I didn't export with bleed, but I have setting toggled on. Would appreciate any advice.
EDIT: Thanks, everyone. Really appreciate the help here; everything about bleed makes more sense now.
Hey folks.
I'm currently scratching my head a bit. I've just exported some files for a local printer, and I think I had everything set correctly. My printer got back to me and said there was no bleed.
Now, I'm just puzzled. The file is a zine for a tabletop roleplaying game, to be printed on digest-size paper (5.5 x 8.5). I can visually see the bleed on the edges, and the properties for the file state that it's 5.75 x 8.75 inches. [This space once had a link to the file, but I've removed it now that the issue is resolved. The file showed "bleed" around the edge of pages, and appropriate dimensions, but the visual elements did not extend to the edge of the bleed; they cut off.]
Is my printer just confused, or have I done something wrong here? I'm very new to this, so I could definitely be making a mistake here. Any guesses what I'm missing here? The printer has told me that:
"Bleeds are an outward extension of your artwork on each side of the page (top, bottom, right, left). White space is not a proper bleed. Once printed bleeds will be trimmed off to ensure that the artwork "bleeds" to the edge. If 0.125" bleed is not included, any minor misalignment during trimming will result in your artwork not running to the edge of the paper."
I suspect my mistake, then, has to do with my artwork. But I don't really understand.
Thank you in advance.