I don't really know if the hive can help me here since it may be a specific issue with my photo printer but it's worth a shot...
Has anyone done their own invites with their photo printer using the "borderless" feature to achieve a full-bleed?
I'm making the invites in Adobe Illustrator and saving them as a PDF--the PDF is set up to be 8.5x11 (I'll cut the pieces later) and the graphcis go to the edges and everything LOOKS how I want it.
I set in the printer settings for it to be borderless and all of that.. yet when it prints out, it actually cuts off like 1/8th of an inch all around--as if it prints BIGGER than I want and just lops off the edges a bit. There's no way I can compensate for this without simply experimenting and actually printing--the previews do not show me what actually gets printed. :/ When I adjust in Illustrator, unexpected things happen--if I scale the entire thing down a bit (say 97%) it then prints inside with a margin... I just don't know how to make it do what I want.
I have an HP Photosmart C6280. I thought this would be easy and it's really turning into a nightmare. :(
For those of you that did print your own invites, did you just print with a margin and had it cut off when you got your paper cut?
I've found that my photo printer (a canon) makes perfect borderless prints when I print <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic">directly from my camera's memory card. When I try to print from a file on my computer, it does all sorts of crazy ugly borders and resizes.
Although I took my actual invites to staples (cheap and easy laser quality prints!) and cut them myself later, I found it much easier to "simulate" a full bleed by cutting the page. That's how real full bleeds are made anyway.
I recommend you get a good paper cutter and cut 'em up that way. A lot less hassle for the same effect.
I have the same problem with my HP (can't remember what model right now). It always irritates me that "borderless" isn't really "borderless". We ended up doing what the girls above have recommended. I put only one or two per printed page and then cut them all down. I even do that now with my pictures because the re-sizing that the bordeless printing feature does annoys the crap out of me. Good luck!
I did Illustrator, saved it as aPDF, and then printed it on an HP laser printer. I made the invitation the size I wanted it when printed, centered it on a page (could fit 2 response cards on 1 page), and then printed, and trimmed. I spent lots of hours getting cuddly with the paper cutter, but it was much easier than monkeying around trying to get it print to the edge -- something I've NEVER been able to figure out how to do.
I don't really know if the hive can help me here since it may be a specific issue with my photo printer but it's worth a shot...
Has anyone done their own invites with their photo printer using the "borderless" feature to achieve a full-bleed?
I'm making the invites in Adobe Illustrator and saving them as a PDF--the PDF is set up to be 8.5x11 (I'll cut the pieces later) and the graphcis go to the edges and everything LOOKS how I want it.
I set in the printer settings for it to be borderless and all of that.. yet when it prints out, it actually cuts off like 1/8th of an inch all around--as if it prints BIGGER than I want and just lops off the edges a bit. There's no way I can compensate for this without simply experimenting and actually printing--the previews do not show me what actually gets printed. :/ When I adjust in Illustrator, unexpected things happen--if I scale the entire thing down a bit (say 97%) it then prints inside with a margin... I just don't know how to make it do what I want.
I have an HP Photosmart C6280. I thought this would be easy and it's really turning into a nightmare. :(
For those of you that did print your own invites, did you just print with a margin and had it cut off when you got your paper cut?
posted by yiska 123 posts 6 months agoI've found that my photo printer (a canon) makes perfect borderless prints when I print <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic">directly from my camera's memory card. When I try to print from a file on my computer, it does all sorts of crazy ugly borders and resizes.
Although I took my actual invites to staples (cheap and easy laser quality prints!) and cut them myself later, I found it much easier to "simulate" a full bleed by cutting the page. That's how real full bleeds are made anyway.
I recommend you get a good paper cutter and cut 'em up that way. A lot less hassle for the same effect.
Good luck!
posted by wondermart 20 posts 6 months agowondermart has a good point...professional bleeds have borders...they set the cut markers just a cm. before the that border.
posted by V 232 posts 6 months agoI have the same problem with my HP (can't remember what model right now). It always irritates me that "borderless" isn't really "borderless". We ended up doing what the girls above have recommended. I put only one or two per printed page and then cut them all down. I even do that now with my pictures because the re-sizing that the bordeless printing feature does annoys the crap out of me. Good luck!
posted by bonniebelle101 291 posts 6 months agoI did Illustrator, saved it as aPDF, and then printed it on an HP laser printer. I made the invitation the size I wanted it when printed, centered it on a page (could fit 2 response cards on 1 page), and then printed, and trimmed. I spent lots of hours getting cuddly with the paper cutter, but it was much easier than monkeying around trying to get it print to the edge -- something I've NEVER been able to figure out how to do.
posted by Lindentree 4 posts 6 months ago