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Greater Austin Printing is a family-owned commercial printer located in Austin, Texas. We specialize in digital commercial printing and mailing services. We are able to seamlessly service the needs of accounts from design houses to individual professionals. This is a unique approach in our industry, one that adds a tremendous amount of value to our long-term relationships. We look forward to working with you on your printing needs!
Templates
PREPARING YOUR FILES FOR PRINT
In printing terms, the bleed is the extra margin on a print product that is meant to be trimmed off when the product is trimmed to its final size. Bleed basically means that the color and graphics on a product "bleed off the page" to ensure continuity of the color to the edge of your product. For the best results, please download the product templates from this templates page and set your print-ready PDF's to the sizes shown on each template with bleed.
When we print products such as business cards and postcards, we do not print on paper of that size. We organize several products next to one another on a large sheet of paper, print, and then trim each individual product to size. Jobs cannot be trimmed perfectly on the trimming line each time. During the trimming process, a product may be trimmed within or beyond the trimming line. As a result, the product may have a white edge, or a portion of the artwork from the surrounding jobs. Thus, we require a bleed on each individual product so that when the product is trimmed, there is an extra margin to prevent imperfections.
Please provide .125" bleed with all print ready files that have color running to the edge!
DOWNLOAD TEMPLATES
If you are designing your own artwork, you can download our specially designed templates in Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, PDF and JPG format. They provide information and guidelines on product dimensions, folding, bleed and layout so that you can easier create print ready files
Templates are a helpful way to get your project started. Use the templates to help make sure your files are set up at the correct size, contain proper bleeds, and are in a format that will process without technical glitches.
If you are an experienced designer, you may not need these templates, but they can be a useful tool for checking against your final files.
