: InDesign: how to properly set bleed and trim marks? I have a very important and urgent 8-pages brochure to print with 3mm bleeds & trim marks. But I am faced with a few concerns and would

@Phylliss782

Since you're talking about trim marks and minimum bleed (3mm), I am going to assume that you want to send your doc to a professional printer. So:

Let's start by dealing with point 2:
2- File > Document Setup > More options: set 3 mm bleed all sides.
Now, the trickiest part (but not so tricky really): you must not forget to expand all elements that will be trimmed to at least the 3 mm bleed. Including placed images. Please note using Control panel is sooo helpful to check you didn't forget any element.



1- Don't use Print (to PDF) but Export to PDF (print). If your printer did not provide a custom PDF profile, choose PDF/X-4 which is the most compliant profile.
"Marks and Bleeds": check at least "Crop marks" and "Use Document bleed Settings". Bleed marks are useless and "Color bars" can be annoyance for printer. Registration marks and Page information can be useful.



3- No problem now, see point 1

4- No problem now, see point 1

EDIT: Make sure you have enough bleed everywhere with Control Preflight

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@Samaraweera207

Since this appears urgent, follow these steps and forget about everything you don't understand:


The size is correct, you have an A4 document (not bigger, not smaller).
You have a 2mm bleed. Hit CTRL+ALT+P and type 3mm in all 4 "bleed" fields (top, bottom, left, right).
Hit CTRL+E to export as PDF and choose "High Quality Print" in the top dropdown menu.
In the "Marks and Bleeds" tab check "All Printer's Marks" and "Use Document Bleed Settings".
Click "Export" to save this PDF and send it to whoever is doing the actual print.

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