InDesign 2 Printing

Can I get this to print to the edge of the page?

[Northchild]

Hi all,

It's good to have found these forums, I've been looking for good graphic design forums for some time now.

I'm using InDesign 2, (PC), and have created a resume that I've exported to PDF and am printing on my HP Deskjet 932C. I have graphics that are at the edge of the InDesign page (letter sized). The PDF that I've generated looks exactly like what it did in InDesign. The printout, however, has 1/2 inch margins around the whole thing. The printer doesn't seem to have a "margins" option, while I've set all margins to 0 in InDesign's Layout->Margins dialog.

Any help greatly appreciated. :)

[psychobilly]

This isn't a InDesign issue (assuming your bleeds are pulled correctly), but rather your print driver. Sounds like your printer doesn't support borderless printing. I'm not familiar with your printer, but most of the new Epson's have this feature, so I know it can be done.

[Northchild]

Darn. Thank you for the reply. Can anyone recommend a good inkjet printer that's suitable for a beginning designer?

[aus_dave]

I wouldn't recommend an inkjet at all :).

A laser printer will give you better quality and probably print closer to the edge of the page (maybe not right to the very edge). If it's for a resume the crisp, clear output of a laser printer will make it look more professional.

I use a laser to check PDFs from InDesign before professional printing and they are fine.

Laser printers may be more expensive initially but the cost per page is a lot cheaper in the long run. I gave up on inkjets when I read some stats on the economics of them. Lucky I don't need those pretty colours... :)

[kingkelly]

Hes a beginner designer though, laser printers are so bloody expensive! You can get nice photo quality epsons for a few hundred.

As a designer using desktop publishing programs like indesign, you should always leave .5 or at least .3 inch borders all around. I do believe that indesign automatically starts off with preset borders. Be prepared for some bleed, and if the resume will be stapled or have any kind of binding, borders should be necessary.

[aus_dave]

I meant black and white laser printers, they are more expensive initially but much cheaper when you work out the cost per page :).

Colour laser is another story but it is becoming cheaper all the time.

[korkus2000]

I would use a production company like kinkos. You can get some real nice fiery prints for cheap and they will look much better than any prints you could do at home.

[kingkelly]

Kinkos is the enemy korkus! Althrough they seem good for individual printouts, printshops are usually cheaper for everything else. If you dont mind waiting a few days, the printshops are some times cheaper for printing. If you printing in quantity, dont go to Kinkos. Not to mention they charge you to use their computers!

Me: Can i get these 5 pictures printed on 8.5x11 paper?
Kinkos: Sure, go grab a computer over there...
Me: Uhh, cant you do it? All im going to do is log on to the computer and press print.
Kinkos: Yeahhh... I'll find you a good computer.

And then the meter is still running once i press print and stand in line to ask which printer i choose...

[mivox]

Notice he said a company "like" Kinkos... ;) Any town big enough to have a Kinkos will also have a locally-owned competitor, and I know the copy shop I use here is always happy to take a disk and print stuff off it for you (because they don't offer computer rentals anyway).

But if you want borderless prints, and don't want to invest a few hundred in a really nice inkjet... that's the way to go. Find a copy shop that advertises color prints, and have them run a few copies off from your disk.

[korkus2000]

kingkelly, trust me I know the problem. When I was in art school thats how the kinkos across the street made their money with computer rentals. I actually use alpha graphics, but don't know if they are a national company or not.

I just think someone starting out with a portfolio will need better than a B&W laser or any inkjet. Get a nice color copy done with your full bleed and the client or employer will be more impressed.

[kingkelly]

Only bad thing about copy shops is that most charge like 7 5 bux to print from a disk... At the place i used to work at, they charged 16 dollars for the first print to be printed off of disc immediately.