Bleed and the Safety Zone are often talked about together because they’re two sides to the same process. If the guillotine can cut too wide, it could cut also too close and crop your design. Nobody wants that so you should avoid putting any important design features near the edges – in other words, you create a safety zone.
How much do you leave for a safety zone?
Again, 3mm is the standard for safety zones but this is more likely to vary between products. See here for the exceptions that we ask for with our products;
- Leave a 7mm safety zone on bound edges of stapled/perfect bound booklets
- Leave a 9mm safety zone on bound edges of wiro-bound booklets
- Leave a 65mm safety zone on PVC banners
