jospo Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Hello, is it possible to render crop marks in Affinity Designer so they don't overlap with bleed area? My printer requires crop marks out of bleed area (sample image with red square). AD currently renders crop marks inside bleed area (sample image with gray square). I am using AD 1.4.1 and exporting the PDF with Include crop marks option checked. Thanks!Petr Stephen_H 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asha Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 This sounds like a feature request--my suggestion would be to have a user defined offset for the crop marks in the page setup. That way, people can get the exact position they need, especially if using a variety of bleed widths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Leigh Posted February 5, 2016 Staff Share Posted February 5, 2016 Asha is correct. It's not possible at the moment but it's a great suggestion. I will move this to the Feature Request section :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jospo Posted February 5, 2016 Author Share Posted February 5, 2016 Thanks Leigh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen_H Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Hello, is it possible to render crop marks in Affinity Designer so they don't overlap with bleed area? My printer requires crop marks out of bleed area (sample image with red square). AD currently renders crop marks inside bleed area (sample image with gray square). I am using AD 1.4.1 and exporting the PDF with Include crop marks option checked. Thanks! Petr +1 It really doesn't matter how much bleed you have if your crop marks are going to show. In my exports, the crop marks are only offset by 2,25mm. This means there's no point in having more than 2,25mm bleed and since all my printers demand either 3mm or 5mm bleed on every job, I have to open every exported PDF back into Designer and move the crop marks off the bleed just to make the rest of the bleed usable. We don't need to manually specify both. Wouldn't it make sense to just automatically offset all crop marks by the same amount as the bleed? At the very least, perhaps change the offset from a practically useless 2mm to a more generic 5mm. No printer will ever complain about 5mm offset. anon1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asha Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 5mm might not be enough for some processes. Some things like die cut, for example, have a lot of leeway and need big bleeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen_H Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 5mm might not be enough for some processes. Some things like die cut, for example, have a lot of leeway and need big bleeds. If your printer needs more than 5mm leeway, you need a better printer. ;) (But I get your point... Glossy paper is not the only material that can be die cut) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asha Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Stephen--yes, printing presses, die cut machines, letter press, etc., have a pretty long life span if they are maintained properly. There are quite a few printing services that have old workhorses which are not as precise as the newest models! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Thanks for the report. For v1.5 I've made sure none of the printers marks overlap the bleed area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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