Cutting your prints
Product photo specifications: Custom size card - mother of pearl paper - 50x50mm - in color - double sided - base cut
Cutting prints
We use our cutting machines for almost every print you order. We print your design several times on a larger sheet and then crop it to the desired size. This way we save on paper and are more environmentally conscious. By cutting your document we can ensure that your design extends to the edge (borderless printing) and does not have white edges where this is not intended.
Min. Size | Max. Size | Pages | Margin |
50x50 mm | 1200mm x 3000mm | ∞ | 5/15 mm |
Our tips for the best results
When ordering products that need to be trimmed, there are a number of things you can keep in mind. Our tips for the best results
Borderless printing
If you have a design that extends to the edge, it is necessary to check the 'borderless' option in the order form. With this option, designs will be printed on a slightly larger paper size, so that they can be neatly cut 'clean'. Example: a borderless A4 (297x210mm) is printed on SRA4 (320x225mm) and then cut back to A4 size without a border. Designs that are not necessarily borderless, but are also printed on a larger paper size, are also cut to size. Example: an A6 magazine is printed on A4, and then cut back to A6.
Margins
Cutting designs to size or clean-cutting means that the cut is just placed in the design so as to leave no white edges. This makes it important that a margin is taken into account in the design. A margin of 5 mm is standard and a margin of 15 mm is used for perfect bound books. This means that there should be no text or figures 5/15 mm from the edge of your design to ensure that they are not cut away. Read more about margins here.
Bleed
Cropping a document is only possible if there is padding outside the original size. This means that a borderless design needs bleed so that no white edges are created when cutting. However, being unable to provide bleed in your design is not a problem and these files can also be printed and cut borderless. We do this by enlarging your design by 1% during printing. This way you maintain the size of your design and there will be no white edges visible. Read more about bleed here.
