What are the minimum margins most printers can handle?

robodisco picture robodisco · Aug 17, 2010 · Viewed 213.9k times · Source

Im creating pdfs server side with lots of graphics so maximizing real estate is a must but at the same time ensuring users printers can handle the tight margins is a must.

Does anyone have an idea what safe values I can use for the margins when authoring the pdfs. In the past Ive used work and home printers with margins of about one cm with no problems but of course I can't take this as the defacto minimum.

Oh and I don't really want to allow the user to specify the margin (50% lazyness 50% will get complicated.)

Ive googled but couldn't find anything concrete. (average minimum margin printing)

Answer

Douglas Anderson picture Douglas Anderson · Aug 18, 2010

Every printer is different but 0.25" (6.35 mm) is a safe bet.