Having printed my inserts lots of times, there comes a moment when you get a new printer and all the settings you successfully used no longer work. This is why I have decided to tell you about few basic settings that you should be aware of, in order to print your inserts correctly.
First of all, you may have two different PDF files. The first one contains the exact dimensions of your planner page and it takes time and quite few trials before you can print it correctly. By correctly, I mean that your printer will print the file with no white border around, meaning your file will print 100% exactly as the PDF shows.
Unfortunately, this is the more complicated option because, with some printers, however many times you try, they keep on inserting the bleed area (the white border) cutting off a bit of your image from your PDF file.
If this is what your printer does, to solve this issue, I have now started adding extra 5mm bleed to all my PDF files. This way, your file will never be cut off and you can easily print it on an A4 or USL size paper, then trim following the guideline. If you want to print the A5 sizes straight onto an A5 paper size, I now also include an extra file with no bleed.
Now, take a look at the very basic instructions I am using for my Epson 8500 printer, when printing the A4 centred files.
If your printer prints too dark, just go to 'colour options', then 'manual setting' and move the slide up a bit (I usually print at number 7).
These settings work great for me but unfortunately, they won't work for everyone, so you need to take some time, test your printer and then make sure to write down your preferred settings.
