January 10, 2016 – What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
My snag is the fact of keeping enough white space in Be ~ Biblical Wisdom for Children, yet
\nworking with the printer’s requirements with bleeds and full spreads. A full spread is when
\nyour picture takes up both sides of the book. You can encounter a problem when your printer
\ndoesn’t line up both sides of the picture properly, and it requires really good quality control.
\nMany printers will recommend you do NOT spread across both sides of the book, and I think
\nit shows the level of printer you are dealing with when they remind you of this fact. Frankly,
\nunless you have a template (from your printer), and detailed instructions (from the printer),
\nI wouldn’t recommend it, either. What’s the problem then, you ask?<\/p>\n
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I assumed, after working with some of the top printing labs in America, that self-publishing
\nwould have this information readily available for the person that actually knows how to understand
\nand utilize it. I was mistaken. It was another “door” (see the previous post to understand my door
\nanalogy) not opened until too late. In fact, I found at this “door” that I didn’t even have a template
\nto work with their “unique” printer.<\/p>\n
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Why is a template important, you might wonder? Templates allow you to clearly see where their
\ncut line is compared to their bleed line. It can simplify your document setup, and it will pretty much
\nguarantee your success because you will ensure your key elements are within the safe zone.
\n“Unique” printers, which are typically NOT the top labs in America, can vary these key ratios so
\ngreatly that you will have to redesign your document over and over. This is not what you want to
\ndo. \u00a0Nor do you want to have your document printed with text cut off. Always have the bleed and
\ndocument size correct before you proceed. If you don’t have this information, ask for it. If the printer
\nyou are looking at has no clue as to what you are speaking about, then trust me, this is not the
\nprinter you want to work on your project with. Go find another printer.<\/p>\n
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My oldest daughter was the one to rescue the project. She came up with the idea of splitting the
\npicture to one side and having text only on the other side. She felt this was fail safe. Other creative
\npeople can add so much to your project. Never discount their ideas. My daughter is only sixteen,
\nbut her idea kept me from throwing in the towel today. Her suggestion produced a new direction
\ninto the project, and I was able to come up with a couple of new ideas.<\/p>\n
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