Re: bleed on inside pages in indesign (reposted)

thanks for your help,

I will be speaking to the printer before I send my files in, my current
problem (I usually talk to the printer before starting the job!) is that my
clients haven't decided which printer to use and I am working in a different
country, so I can't send it to one of "mine"

R

"Mike Powell" <nospamthankyou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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ah...i see my ignorance has at least started a lively discussion :)

thanks, everyone, for all your help. if i were designing a document
short enough to manually adjust the layout then it would make life
mutch easier!

anyway, it seems i have the following options, please let me have your
opinions.

1) Since anyway the inside edge of a perfect bound book / magazine is
practically unseen, i could disregard it and supply the indesign files
(complete with all fonts and images and a printout, of course) to the
printer, who would then put the bleed on when impositioning. (if
required) The images will have bleed which i will crop off in
indesign, so it can be recovered.

I don't love this option as I a) want to get it right with the bleed
and b) i don't want to leave it to the printer, i want to understand
it myself!

2) i could design the document as single pages, which would be perfect
all round re preparing for print, no bleed problems, but not so great
to design when you can't see how the whole spread would look

or

3) i could design the document as facing pages and then when i'm
finished change it to single pages. This will take a couple of clicks
and adjusting of master pages. I can't imagine it taking more than 10
minutes or so.

and da da! I think option 3 wins. (ok, ok, I could send pdf doc AND
native files)

Opinions on a postcard?

Ruth

I would leave the document as facing pages with bleed only on the outside
of the spreads, this is how printers are accustomed to receiving these
documents.





ps - re cover, thats the one thing i actually do understand :) as I
treat it as one piece of artwork and its flat and square. I never
worked out how to calc the spine though, always ask the printers to
work that out for me.



You can calculate the spine using the spread*** I posted earlier, don't
forget to allow for the hinge - this is usually 3mm of ink free on the
IFC/IBC.

If there is a crossover between the inside cover and the facing page,
this needs to be shifted the same amount as the hinge otherwise the hinge
will cover part of the image and it will not join up correctly.

ie. if there is a split pic between the inside front cover and page 1,
the inside front cover image needs to be moved 3mm to the left and a
little (1mm) bleed added to print under the hinge.


Regards

Mike



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