Trim size
The finished size of a printed piece after it is cut, not counting bleed.
The trim size is what you hold in your hand: a 4 x 6 postcard, an 11 x 17 poster, a 3 foot by 6 foot banner. The file is usually a little bigger, because it includes the bleed.
Setting up the file
There are two common ways, and we can work with either.
- Document at trim size, bleed added in the export settings. This is how most design programs handle it.
- Document at bleed size. The page itself is 1/8 inch bigger on every side, and the trim line sits inside it.
What matters is that we can tell which one you did. If the file is 4.25 x 6.25 and you ordered a 4 x 6, we will assume the extra is bleed.
For large format work, always give us the finished size in feet and inches, plus how the edge will be finished. A 3 x 6 banner with hems, a 3 x 6 with pole pockets and a 3 x 6 mounted to a frame are three different files.
Put it to work
Related
BleedExtra artwork that runs past the edge of a printed piece, so nothing white shows after it is trimmed.Try itSafe areaThe zone inside the trim line where text and logos belong, so nothing important gets cut or crowded at the edge.Hems and pole pocketsA hem folds a banner edge back for strength. A pole pocket is a sleeve along an edge that a pole slides through.
