10-02-2017, 02:51 PM
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Are you using pre-cut sheets (eventually after your trial prints
) If you are then there should be a template provided with dimensions.
You want to be printing at 300 ppi - There is an A4 standard template already in Gimp. Converting to metric can be a nuisance 300 ppi = 11.811 pix per mm
What you could try is set the template on a transparent layers. One layer for the front and one for the back.
Front might look like this: https://i.imgur.com/TFWAfsm.jpg
The back is just the front copied and flipped horizontally using the flip tool: https://i.imgur.com/tZnvlGv.jpg
When it comes to printing, top is still the top.
With the best will in the world, there will be a mismatch depending on how your printer takes up the paper.
Not so much a bleed area required as a safe-area about 3 mm inside the card perimeter for text and logos.
I checked the blank I use and the pre-cut sheets are symmetrical both horizontally and vertically. Have to own-up, I use Inkscape for this. Easier to create one design and clone to all the locations and it prints better.
Are you using pre-cut sheets (eventually after your trial prints
) If you are then there should be a template provided with dimensions.You want to be printing at 300 ppi - There is an A4 standard template already in Gimp. Converting to metric can be a nuisance 300 ppi = 11.811 pix per mm
What you could try is set the template on a transparent layers. One layer for the front and one for the back.
Front might look like this: https://i.imgur.com/TFWAfsm.jpg
The back is just the front copied and flipped horizontally using the flip tool: https://i.imgur.com/tZnvlGv.jpg
When it comes to printing, top is still the top.
With the best will in the world, there will be a mismatch depending on how your printer takes up the paper.
Not so much a bleed area required as a safe-area about 3 mm inside the card perimeter for text and logos.
I checked the blank I use and the pre-cut sheets are symmetrical both horizontally and vertically. Have to own-up, I use Inkscape for this. Easier to create one design and clone to all the locations and it prints better.