johannesz Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Hello! I'm trying to print playing cards using data merge layout, (or data merge manager) but I need a bleed around the cards, but not in between the cards, to reduce the amount of time it takes to cut them. This is what I currently have: Here I'm missing the bleed (3mm) around the 8 cards. I tried adding a black rectangle around all 8 cards for the bleed, but that only works if the page is full, printing 8 cards - the last page rarely has 8 cards however. I have the same issue designing a single card and then trying to print the generated cards using N-Up. I can either activate bleed for all cards or none. I only need the outline though... Is there a way to accomplish this in publisher? Edit: I created this using CSS & HTML, and it shows what I mean/want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oufti Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 If it is compatible with your design (like a plain border in your example), why don't you set a bleed for each card and align them so that the bleed of one is superposed on the other's border ? Quote Affinity Suite 2.4 – Monterey 12.7.4 – MacBookPro 14" 2021 M1 Pro 16Go/1To I apologise for any approximations in my English. It is not my mother tongue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johannesz Posted June 27, 2023 Author Share Posted June 27, 2023 Hm that's what I tried, but the data merge tool cuts off anything outside each element. I think what I technically need here is a negative value for the grid gutter of the data merge tool to overlap the cards - but that doesn't seem to possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oufti Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 [I'm not very tough in using Master pages nor datamerge, so I will only use generic terms and let someone else interpret them in Publisher terms…] Your problem could perhaps be solved if you had for each new page a "background" with the eight card borders — as in your 2nd capture, but always complete with eight cards so when you cut you have the bleed — and there above the text "layer" with "datamerge fields". Quote Affinity Suite 2.4 – Monterey 12.7.4 – MacBookPro 14" 2021 M1 Pro 16Go/1To I apologise for any approximations in my English. It is not my mother tongue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johannesz Posted June 27, 2023 Author Share Posted June 27, 2023 Ah thanks - I played around a little with the data merge layout tool. The solution was to create multiple layouts (they share the same data source). So instead of using 1 layout with 4 columns and 1 rows, I created 8 layouts (1 card each), and overlapped them with their bleed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 Would this work? Pay attention to the way the Frame Text Text Frame is built, Fill and Stroke and Offsets. Thing.zip Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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