29/05/2026
๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐?
๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ถ๐ฑ..
๐ญ. ๐๐ป๐๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ.
Looks great on screen, but manufacturing processes require margins beyond the edge of the digital page view. If you donโt add a 3mm bleed margin, when the book block is trimmed to size, content may be cut off!
๐ฎ. ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ
Any content less than 5mm from the spine edge may be sucked into the spine. By allowing a 5-8mm margin on that side, youโll protect your double page spreads from distortion and youโll avoid disappearing text.
๐ฏ. ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ฒ๐
๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ โ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธโ
Rich Black CMYK (typically 60C, 40M, 40Y, 100K) is fine for large format display artwork with large areas of solid colour, but not for body copy. Because it uses four separate inks, even a slight movement on press can cause the colours to fall out of alignment, creating visible coloured edges or a blurred appearance around the text. This effect is often more noticeable on uncoated stocks, where the ink spreads slightly into the paper fibres.
๐ฐ. ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
Images taken from websites, PowerPoint slides or social media are usually too low resolution for print, even if they look fine on screen. For professional print quality, images should be 300 ppi at the size they will appear in the final artwork. Reducing the image size in InDesign does not automatically improve image quality enough for print, and increasing the resolution later in Photoshop cannot recreate lost detail. Always check the effective resolution in your layout file before exporting your PDF.
Designing for print is a specialist skill. If youโre investing in a perfect bound publication, itโs worth getting your artwork prepared by an experienced graphic design professional.
