February 23, 2010
Borderless printing help? I'm trying to print a brochure?
Can you answer S G's question about printing?:
I have a Dell MFP Laser 3115cn PCL6 printer. I am trying to print a brochure, I just don't know how to print it without the borders. I need the printer to bleed. Is there any way to trick the printer settings in order to get the whole brochure printed without the white borders? I'd greatly appreciate any help I can get on this subject. Or perhaps someone can reccommend a brochure printing program that will allow me to print without the borders? Thanks in advance..
Postcard Printing And Mailing
I have a Dell MFP Laser 3115cn PCL6 printer. I am trying to print a brochure, I just don't know how to print it without the borders. I need the printer to bleed. Is there any way to trick the printer settings in order to get the whole brochure printed without the white borders? I'd greatly appreciate any help I can get on this subject. Or perhaps someone can reccommend a brochure printing program that will allow me to print without the borders? Thanks in advance..
Postcard Printing And Mailing
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You cannot defeat the white borders on the printer. These are the physical, built-in limitations of the printer that cannot be bypassed. The best you can do with what you have is to adjust the brochure to fit within the printable area and trim the paper to the printed area after printing to make it look borderless. Otherwise you'd have to purchase a printer that is designed for borderless printing.
Best of luck.
A printer cannot print bleed, unfortunately, but you can purchase a hand-slicer at staples for around $20
or here are professional printing instructions
Instructions For Exporting From Design Programs
Quark Xpress®
From the file menu in Quark select: "Save page as EPS…"
Name the file and press "Save".
Open the Quark EPS file into Adobe Illustrator, "Select All" and go to the "Type" menu selection and "Create Outlines". All text on files must be converted to outlines with the outline set to zero to eliminate the need for fonts.
Save file as Illustrator EPS with placed images included.
Open Illustrator EPS file into Photoshop.
In Photoshop set resolution to 300 dpi and mode to CMYK.
Save files as "JPEG" or "TIF" with Maximum quality.
Freehand®
Go to "Edit"; "Select"; "All" and then go to the menu selection "Text" then "Convert to Paths". All text within files must be converted to paths with the stroke set to zero to eliminate the need for fonts to be sent to us.
Export file as EPS with placed images included.
Open EPS file into Photoshop.
In Photoshop set resolution to 300 dpi and mode to CMYK.
Save files as "JPEG" or "TIF" with Maximum quality.
Adobe Illustrator®
In Illustrator "Select All" and go to the "Type" menu selection and "Create Outlines". All text within files must be converted to outlines with the outline set to zero to eliminate the need for fonts.
Save file as Illustrator EPS with placed images included.
Open Illustrator EPS file into Photoshop.
In Photoshop set resolution to 300 dpi and mode to CMYK.
Save files as "JPEG" or "TIF" with Maximum quality.
i think it depends on the printer.