Borders are a fashion that comes and goes - sometimes a design doesn't look finished without a border!
But what looks great on screen can be trickier to achieve in reality due to the movement we experience with the printing and trimming process (up to 3mm in any direction).
Unavoidable movement during printing causes borders to appear uneven on the print, and because the border follows the edge of the card, the eye can quite easily pick up on the movement.
Line borders
We recommend borders are a 5mm minimum from the edge (8-10mm is even better) so that if we experience some slight movement the eye won’t pick it up as easily.
Borders with bleed
If your solid border goes right to the edge of your design, please extend it into the bleed by 3mm. Again, we highly recommend that your border is a minimum 8-10mm to avoid it looking uneven when trimmed 5mm is the minimum width.
Double sided digital printing (on single or double-thick (duplexed) stocks)
We don’t recommend double-sided borders at all due to possible movement.
Because we trim from the front of your printed design, the reverse side will be slightly misaligned and this can be quite noticeable. Because of this, designs with borders on both sides aren't covered under our Printery Guarantee if you're unhappy with the result as we've advised against it.
Die cut shapes and borders
If you're struggling to get your border to follow the shape of your die cutting - check out this handy video to show you how. 😊
Good to know...
Edge Foiling - We can't edge foil designs that have a border.
Envelopes and Indie Handmade - Please read our Artwork Guidelines.
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