Affinity Publisher 2.5.3. - Bleed issues

[Focus9]

Hi,

When I created master pages  (2 page facing) and fill be background with a colour or image place holder covering the  bleed, I am experiencing the following issue.

When I prepare my document - all pages look good Coloured background overlap the bleed and images as well - for print (single pages) the bleed is not covered anymore on the right page.  When I open the layer (edit detach) you see the following (see attachments).  When I select the background of image the block show that it has overlap but the overlap is not shown.   When I click the handle minimally the bleed is filled again.  For a few pages this is not an issue but for a 500 page document this is a problem. 

I also have an issue with locking layers... when a layer is locked I am unable to unlock the layer in both masterpages and well as the page layer.  Very strange behaviour. Not sure what is happening here.   

Can you shed some light on this what is happening or is this ghost behaviour?

 

Cheers,

 

- hendrik 

[Oufti]

I presume you show us a left page filled with a blue background and the black edge on the right is the inner edge of the opposite page. 

This is normal and should only concern you if you intend to use a spiral binding or the like, where pages are actually printed on single pages and shown up to their far inner edge.

Workaround for spiral binding :

 

Otherwise, if pages are to be printed on spreads, the left page will always be imposed aside a right page, thus there is no need (and no place) for any bleed between. 

[Focus9]

Thank you.  No this is actually the right page on the right side.  When I look at my 2 page facing document all is fine.  Once I change the Document Setup to single page (need to do this for printing) this is happening.  

There are more issues when changing the doc set up....for instance ... Lines are not kept their original place...they are floating over the page... I have corrected them all, but it is a lot of work and frustrating. 

 

 

[Old Bruce]

2 minutes ago, Focus9 said:

 When I look at my 2 page facing document all is fine.  Once I change the Document Setup to single page (need to do this for printing) this is happening.  

Why not keep things in Facing Pages and export a PDF for Printing as Pages, not Spreads.

[Focus9]

The printer company requests single pages. 

[Old Bruce]

Just now, Focus9 said:

The printer company requests single pages. 

One PDF file with all pages one after the other (let us say 1 thru 16)? Or several PDF files each one being a "single page"?

If the former then the earlier advice I gave will work.

[Focus9]

Thank you. I will give this a go later today.

[Focus9]

I have tried your proposal. It works.  Not sure why I have not explored this.. Thank you for the tip to solve the issue.