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Crop Marks

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Definition: Crossed lines placed at the corners of an image or a page to indicate where to trim it are known as crop marks. Crop Marks may be drawn on manually or automatically applied with some desktop publishing software programs.

Also Known As: corner marks

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Crop, Crop Marks
Illustration of crop marks and tips on usage.
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