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The printer asked for bleed. What is that?

Printed cardsAsked 21 September 2026Answered 21 September 2026

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Three extra millimetres of artwork past the line where the card is cut. The guillotine drifts by a fraction of a millimetre, and without bleed that drift leaves a white sliver down one edge. The safe area is the mirror of it: keep words and logos three millimetres inside the cut line and nothing important is ever trimmed off. Both are drawn for you on the canvas.

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