Borders

To speed the printing process we use a machine like this to cut many sheets at the same time. During the process the sheets may shift so it's very common that any border designed too close to the cutting line will look uneven in the printed product.

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Because of this, we highly recommend that you don't design with borders and if you do, make sure they are at least 1/4" inside the trim zone or 3/8" inside the bleed zone. However, we still can't assure the borders will be even. For example:

Incorrect: Here the border is smaller than 1/4 inch.

Correct: Here is what your file should look like for the best results, including the bleed. The border is at least 1/4" inside from the trim area and 3/8" inside from the bleed area.

Thin borders may likely look uneven. The thicker the border, the more even it will appear even with a small trimming varience.

Our cutting varience is 1/32 of an inch at either side for a total visual effect of 1/16.

It is not practcal to cut print jobs one at a time, like you might on your home printer.