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  • Is there an industry stand for making Billboards?

    Posted by Craig Harkness on 31 January 2013 at 16:16

    Asked this question yesterday:

    We have been asked to produce a 48 sheet poster, I know all the dimensions, splits etc but I need to know how much bleed to put on each individual 60×40.

    Can anyone tell me if there is an industry standard for this?

    We have since found out that you need to put 0.5" of print then 0.5" of white on certain tiles, we have been advised that this runs from left to right but our software wants to run it from right to left, does anyone know if this would be a problem for the fitters?

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    Cheryl Smith replied 12 years, 8 months ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Martin Pearson

    Member
    31 January 2013 at 16:50

    Can’t help with your question sorry but if these are your fitters then any difference won’t be a problem but if it is for other fitters then I wouldn’t take the chance, easy for them to blame you if things don’t go right if the graphics aren’t supplied how they are use to fitting them.

  • Andrew O Brien

    Member
    1 February 2013 at 02:10

    Billposters are a nightmare to deal with when the poster is not produced correctly. Trust I’m doing it 14 years now and have ten guys working for me. If you can get your hands on one do. All the media owners have spares lying around.

    Sheets are numbered 1-12
    Top sheets are 1-6
    Bottom 7-12

    Sheets 1-5 bleed on the right
    6 no bleed
    7-11 bleed on top and right
    12 top only

    To get a better understanding
    Sheet 7 under laps sheet 1
    2 overlaps 1 on the right
    8 overlaps 7 on the right and under laps 2 on the top
    They are always posted left to right

    It’s hard to picture how it’s fitted that’s why getting your hands on one is great

    Hope it helps

  • Jack Hendrie

    Member
    1 February 2013 at 22:30

    i do one a month some times two and my work seem to give me it done different every time lol. if the fitters re any good they will manage.

  • Cheryl Smith

    Member
    2 February 2013 at 06:45

    very interesting to see how its done
    thanks Andy

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