https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=76629
Andrew R Wild <[email protected]> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED CC| |[email protected] Resolution|INVALID |--- --- Comment #4 from Andrew R Wild <[email protected]> --- If I may, I am a professional in print and can shed more light on this feature enhancement. First lets establish some background and go through what the terms 'bleed' and 'slug' mean to the print industry. Despite all of the engineering progress that has been made in print equipment till now, they are still imperfect. From one printed sheet to the next, the imprint can move on the sheet. This movement is unavoidable, but there are 2 approaches for print pros to account for the inaccuracy. One, is to design and print the document or piece with ample blank margin on all sides so when trimming to final size, a shift of a 1/16th in any direction is not easily noticeable. The other approach is to add bleed. This method is used when a piece's design (color, images, and/or text) are intended to butt up to the edge of sheet (no blank margin). In such cases, it is standard practice to extend those elements past the point where it will be trimmed, in order to guarantee that there will be no blank paper showing after being trimmed. This extra space is called bleed. The industry standard bleed distance from the trim edge is .125" but is customary in design software to allow the user to define their own bleed distance on each side independently or linked together. The reason why either Maarten's or Jorendc's workaround suggestions wouldn't quite work well is because bleed definitions need to be accompanied by trim marks (also called cut or crop marks). These marks print with the document and visually indicate to the trimmer operator where to cut the sheet to final size. Also they would have to use another workaround to defining margins b/c they are essentially turning those off. Next, a slug is an area positioned outside the dimensions of the final print piece and outside the bleed space. This area will print along with the document on an oversized sheet and will later be trimmed off at the final stage of production. This space is intended to pass information or specifications to the production floor about the document itself. Designers typically have free reign to add whatever they want to the slug area and like a header or footer is able to persist to all pages or be edited individually per page. Lastly, all of these components (bleed, slugs, and trim marks) are typically able to be enabled/disabled for printing via a toggle. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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