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Hello.

Here's the situation (it's been resolved, but I would really like to know 
how a pro-setup would have handled it):

I've designed a Journal for someone. The print run is 500 copies, so the 
printer is printing it on a digital press.

The page size for the Journal (28cm heigh x 20cm wide) is just a bit smaller 
than A4 (29.7 x 21; we use European sizes here in Israel). This size was 
requested and demanded by the client.

The problem is that there's no room for the crop marks. I use an offset of 
5mm for the crop marks, because the printers here are not famous for their 
accuracy in trimming (at least in my experience).

Obviously, the printer doesn't want to use an A3 page and cut so much away. 
Think of the trees.

So what do you do when there's no room for crop marks.

In the end, I provided measurements from a prominent feature on the page, 
and he's going to measure from that and trim accordingly.

Is that how it should have been handled?

Many thanks for any advice/insights. Any other comments on the story will 
also be of interest, I'm sure.
Ariel