• Pull guides 1/8” OUTSIDE each edge of the trim line for your bleed
  
• Pull guides 1/8” INSIDE each edge of the trim line for your SAFETY. The area inside the box formed by these guides is the “safety area”. Do not place any type or critical design elements outside of the safety zone. See illustration below for more

In the above example, the text "Ouch! No Good!" will get partially cut off, the left side of the baby picture will show white (the blue background image must extend PAST the SOLID RED line as it does on the top, right and bottom)

"BLEED": printing term used when ink prints to the edge of the page. If your job "bleeds", you must add 1/8", or .125", bleed on all four sides. This .125" will be trimmed off after the job is printed and cut down to final trim size.

Be aware that text or images too close to the TRIM LINE (shown in SOLID RED) will be cut off. Make sure that your background image extends 1/8" past the TRIM LINE.

In the above illustration, the background image needs to extend to the BLACK LINE. Be sure to extend the background image to bleed or the white of the paper may show in the final cut down product.