Designing outside the dotted lines on plates

[VivianD117]

This one really confuses me.  On all other products the guidelines on designing within the dotted lines seems to be adhered to and yet it gets blown away on paper plates — even on the examples of the new version of the plates and by all designers including plates from Disney, for example.  So, it is safe to say, that on plates we can safely disregard those little dotted lines and just design away all the way to the edges without fear?

Vivian 

[idraw]

@VivianD117 
Two things, do you see a warning symbol, you could also use preview to see if the image/design/text looks correct when applied all the way to the edges of the plate. Possibly you could make and test one for sale to see what it looks like, if it either goes past the guidelines and definitely looks bad, you can immediately delete the product. And you would have your answer, by seeing what it looks like when created to the edges of the plate and posted for sale.

[VivianD117]

Hi -- thank you all for your responses.  I have made one that extends to the edges -- and ordered it -- so that I'll be able to see for myself what the end product looks like.  I suspect that is the only way I will be comfortable with what I design on the plates.

[PenguinPower]

The guidelines for the round plates are that way because of the way the edges are made. The edge is pleated to create a circle- that means that anything outside of the “safe” circle in the middle has a chance of being distorted. In practice it’s probably ok to go a bit over, but it’s there so that if you have an element you consider to be critical that it prints fully and totally flat,  that you know where the absolute safe area is. 

[Connie]

I keep the text inside the green safe area, but the design spreads out to the edges.