Re: [xep-support] Page contents do not protrode onto bleed

I have accomodated bleeds in XEP by enlarging the FO page dimensions by 2-3mm on each side. In my case, I also enlarged the body margins to bring the body area back to the intended size, because my bleed content was in the start and end areas. I give instructions to the print vendor as to the PDF page size and trim size, and have not had a problem with this method. However, I don't think it would work if you must have crop marks as well, because in XEP those start at the corners of the fo page size.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Mark Cilia Vincenti
  To: xep-support@renderx.com
  Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 8:26 AM
  Subject: Re: [xep-support] Page contents do not protrode onto bleed

  The purpose of the bleed is that so that when you have an image or a color that needs to go to the very edge of the page, with a bleed you can make the crop marks further in so that you can be sure that when the printers do the cutting, the image/color goes to the very edge, because if they cut a bit less otherwise there will be a white edge on the paper.

  So is there no automatic way to do this with RenderX? Will I need to do it manually using <fo:table>?

  2008/11/20 Alexei Gagarinov <agagarinov@renderx.com>

    Hi Mark,

      I have set the page background to red and all that xep-pdf-bleed is
      doing is set a white border between the page and the crop marks. If
      the page protrudes onto the bleed (i.e. the bleed is filled in with
      the actual page) it would solve my problems.

    The 'bleed' processing instruction defines an extra bleed area. This extra area is needed to accommodate the physical limitations of cutting,
    folding, and trimming equipment.

    I can admit that the background of this extra bleed should be the same as the content background.
    But now the background of the extra-bleed region is always white in XEP.

    BTW, what a problem are trying to solve?

    Regards,
     Alexey Gagarinov
    RenderX.

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