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[Wendy Sheridan <wendy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's possible to create a nice design that can accommodate printer margins.
Full-bleed is always luxurious looking, of course, but printer limitations
can be incorporated into a design, especially if we are requiring readers
who want hardcopy to print their own manuals.

-Wendy
sheridanmultimedia.com

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Wolter Hellmund <wolterh6@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 15:11 +0100, Thorsten Wilms wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > It would be good to know how large the minimum margin should be for
> > printers without edge-to-edge capability.
>
> Hey Thorsten,
>
> I think that we should create a separate version of the titlepage for
> printing only, which will be simple, and maybe even graphic-less.
>
> The reason I propose this, is because if we oblige ourselfs to add a
> thick white margin to our coverpage, not only will it look bad, but it
> will also save no ink from the user who is printing the manual. Now, in
> case somebody had the right equipment, he would have no problems in
> printing without margins.
>
> Wolter Hellmund
>
>
>
>
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