The Print Bleed feature provides an expanded print bleed for your Print & Cut jobs, ensuring that the contour cut performed around the printed edge appears to be better aligned.


This feature is included in all editions of Silhouette Studio.

How to Use Print Bleed


To use the Print Bleed feature:

  1. Open Silhouette Studio
  2. Go to the Page Setup panel
  3. Go to the 'Registration Marks' tab
  4. Check the 'Print Bleed' option

    NOTE: This action will extend the printed design. This allows your Silhouette machine to cut off the excess color on your Print & Cut leaving no white edges on your final cutout. You will not see a preview of the print bleed on your design page at this time. It will only show up after the document is printed

  5. Adjust the 'Bleed Radius setting, if desired. This will make the bleed radius more or less pronounced.
  6. Print your job

    NOTE: The printout with print bleed enabled may look unexpected and a little awkward because of the extra color. Rest assured that the extra color will be cut off during the Print & Cut job.

  7. Send your job to your Silhouette cutting machine, as you normally would with a Print & Cut job.

    The resulting cut should show the white border reduced or eliminated entirely around the cut-out image:

Image Background Types


You will not see any Print Bleed effect if your design has a white background (example below).


The background around your design must be clear (example below) for this feature to work properly.


If your design has clear space between the colored portions and the cut line but the cut lines don’t hug the design (example below), your print bleed may not work the way you want it to.


If you intentionally want to have a white border around your designs (example below), then turn off Print Bleed, or make sure that the area that extends beyond your colored portion has a white fill color instead of clear.