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I’ve done a lot of full-bleed printing in my time, even having produced and published a 100-page monthly magazine at one point in my career. While that type of printing requires a considerable amount of hardware and material handling (perfect binding, etc.) there are full bleed printing jobs that could be better served in-house—with the right equipment. These are smaller-run print jobs that either need to be done more quickly, or which may not qualify for the large minimum prints that are typically associated with going out of house for the traditional offset job. This type of edge-to-edge printing is more common than you may think, and it brings up an interesting question: Can certain businesses and organizations benefit by bringing these jobs in-house? And, are there toner-based laser printers that can even provide full-bleed printing?

To answer that question, we spoke with Kent Villarreal, senior product manager of high volume products at Sharp Electronics Corp. He gave me a small peek into the world of light production printers and how and where these new models from Sharp can really change the way printing is done. It’s largely thought that laser printing and toner technology cannot provide full bleed or edge-to-edge printing, but that’s no longer the case. Let’s take a look at a few examples of how these new toner-based laser printers offer a lot of opportunity:

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