Gino

I've always had trouble printing full bleed on standard size paper. I know this is a noob question so forgive me, but does printing this way depend on your printer?

Like does the printer need to have an option to print full bleed or do you have to print it on a large size paper and trim it down?

Here is an example of a designer resume that has a diagonal dotted line that goes to the trim edge up top, I'd like to know how to accomplish running an image to the edge on standard size paper from home.

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Nathan

It definitely depends on your printer. Very few desktop or even small office printers will do full-bleed. Most will go to about 1/8" from the edge if you're lucky. A notable exception is that quite a few inkjets geared towards photo printing will do full bleed on 8 1/2" x 11"--but I've yet to get good results printing graphics with this method.

If anyone knows of an affordable laser printer that will do full-bleed color, I'd be interested.

Printing larger and cutting will work, but I think at that point you might as well get it printed professionally for the amount of hassle involved.

Gino

Yeah I guess Id have to send it out to a professional printer online or something. Not a big deal I can avoid a full bleed design for my resume. =)

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Nathan

Should be pretty easy; I tend to think that clean and simple is the way to got with resumes. It's all in the execution.

Gino

Yeah I agree.

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Prepressology

Yeah, I agree that sending to a printer would be better. The biggest thing to remember is if you make a PDF for them...make sure your bleed setting are checked on. I get so many that come in cropped and the client says they have bleeds. Only to find out they didn't have the right setting check when making the PDF. Also if you are using an online printer they will probably have a template for you to use. Check with them for that. Usually they show the bleeds required on the template.

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Godsdove

If you want to print it yourself you would definitely have to set it up to print on larger paper and then cut to size. A professional printer can do it, but you need to make sure the bleed is set up for them and they know you want it to go to the edge. Press Ready PDFs are usually good, but check with the printer you use to make sure. Good luck!

Saywells

The best advice. You'd be hard pressed to find a full-bleed printer for purchase that isn't $$$$$.
Your best bet is to print as big as you can and cut it down (if you can live with 8.25x10.75 as your end result.)
Or print bigger (9x12?) and cut to 8.5x11.

Gino

Thanks for the input guys!

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Distill

I've got an HP Deskjet 9800 that I picked up for like $290. It prints bleeds (they call it "borderless" in the features) and paper sizes up to like 13x29". It's a jet (not laser), so I suppose it depends on how you're using the finished product . . . I've noticed that things printed on inkjet tend to smear more easily (especially postcards in the mail).