Bleed is a part of the printers vocabulary – a word that digital designers are familiar with, but often never have to confront face-to-face the same way a press operator does.

With that said, in the event a designer ignores the impending implications of a bleed in the design process, the printer can have difficulty in successfully manufacturing the job.

This article clears the fog and shows the proper way to address print-ready bleeds in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign.