Gustavo Homem napisa?(a): > Bleed is an extra area on document used to compensate for cutting > imprecisions. > > For example look at this PDF: > > http://people.angulosolido.pt/~gustavo/temp/desktop-bleed-me.pdf > > The page height is 307mm, which means A4 height + 1cm. > > This extra cm is not desired on a version for viewing but it is needed on a > version for printing, because the document is printed over a white page, and > any cutting imprecision might lead to a white stripe appearing where we > should only see blue. > > So, to use bleed you must: > > Define a document page size which is larger than the final document. Use > margins to delimit the "real" working area. Let the coloured elements on the > edges of the document extend to the extra area outside the margins. > > In this way cutting imprecisions will not be noticed. > > In the above example bleed was only used on top and bottom, but depending on > your printer you may or may not need to use it on the four sides. > > Best regards > Gustavo
Gustavo, I've just added your explanations to our wiki article on "Bleed workarounds" (made by Louis a while ago). http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Bleed_workarounds#Bleed_workarounds Please feel free to add more of your stuff if needed. Need a Wiki account? cheers Maciej ___________________________________________________________ Telefonate ohne weitere Kosten vom PC zum PC: http://messenger.yahoo.de
