Bayard Printing - Design for Digital

NexPress press’s page format specifications for international paper sizes: Keys to a clean finish. Printable area Note when printing on a Kodak NexPress digital production color press, the printable area on every size sheet is bounded by a nonprinting area around the edges of the sheet. These margins need to be calculated into the final layout of any document. An easy way to design for this is to allow at least 6 mm (.25 inch) non- printing margin around the entire final layout, front and back. Make sure all bleeds, notes and production marks are inside this margin. The chart below shows the maximum printing area for standard sheet sizes often printed on a NexPress press. Format Metric (mm) Printable area Inches Printable area A4 210 x 297 199 x 286 8.25 x 11.75 7.86 x 11.34 A4 Extra 235 x 322 224 x 311 9.25 x 12.67 8.86 x 12.26 A3 297 x 420 286 x 409 11.69 x 16.54 11.30 x 16.13 A3 Extra 356 x 520 340 x 510 14 x 20.47 13.4 x 20 Format Metric (mm) Printable area Inches Printable area Letter 216 x 279 205 x 268 8.5 x 11 8.11 x 10.59 Letter Extra 242 x 305 231 x 294 9.5 x 12 9.11 x 11.59 Max Page 350 x 405 339 x 394 13.8 x 17.7 13.41 x 17.29 Tabloid 279 x 432 268 x 421 11 x 17 10.61 x 16.59 Tabloid Extra 305 x 457 294 x 446 12 x 18 11.61 x 17.59 NexPress press’s page format specifications for U.S. paper sizes: Paper and substrates The NexPress press provides excellent results and true color reproduction on a wide assortment of paper types includ- ing coated, uncoated, gloss, matte and textured finishes. It handles weights from 20# (80 g/m 2 ) bond to 110# (300 g/m 2 ) cover and label stocks. Bleeds Prepare jobs that bleed in exactly the same way as you would for conven- tional printing with an extra 3 mm (.125 inch) to allow for trimming on the bleed edges. For die cut jobs, you may want to increase your bleed to 6 mm (.25 inch) to anticipate possible movement on finishing devices. 10 Designing for Success Keys to a clean finish