To have white border or not to have white border.

[tecboy]

When you print your photographs, would you rather have white borders or not on your photographs?

Personally, I don't like having white borders on my photographs, but I was told it is good for framing, and my fingers only touch the borders and not the photographs.

 

[Designer]

I think it depends on how the prints are framed. If you routinely mat them then a white border won't show, and you can print the exact image that you have without cutting off any of the edges.

If you don't plan to mat, then print to the edge. (note) Some custom printing shops cannot actually print to the edge without cutting a little bit off the edges.

If you are just printing "pass-around" prints, then it might not matter much if some of the image is missing from the edges.

 

[vintagesnaps]

Usually not for 4x6's, but for larger prints I often will. Depends, but since the mat will cover the edges of the print I usually want it to cover the white edges so I don't lose any of the print (or at least just a slight edge of it).

That's with color film or digital photos, my B&W darkroom prints usually have the white edges from the paper being in the easel. I like the way the white edge frames a B&W photo but in color I think it can be too harsh to have a white edge (depends on the image). I often mat color prints in a shade of off-white or a neutral, or have once in awhile done something different like a brushed coppery metal or blonde wood frame w/no mat.

 

[Steve5D]

I can't remember the last time I printed with a border...

 

[Derrel]

I like 6x9 inch images printed on 8.5 x 11 inch paper. So there's plenty of border.

 

[Jamesaz]

Always.


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[NedM]

I only ever add a white border whenever I develop prints in the darkroom.

 

[minicoop1985]

I can't remember the last time I printed... lol. I would probably print with a border if I plan to mat. Sometimes a photo just looks better with a border, but more often than not, no. Guess it depends on the photo, really.

 

[Gavjenks]

Kind of like asking "Are black chairs better than brown chairs?" or something.

Seems pretty clearly to depend on the room's style and the budget and the frame style. If you are hanging in an ultra modern office with floating glass frames, then you want your photo to bleed all the way to the edge. If you are hanging in an old stately Victorian house, then you probably want some big crazy frame and like 2-3 layers of matte borders.

 

[IntrepidB]

I have a Canon CP-900 printer and if I print to the edges it will cut out a small portion (about 5%) of the photo in every direction.

It's really annoying. If I use borders then my image becomes too small for a 6x4 print.

The solution I found is to insert borders using photoshop (I recorded an action, so whenever I press a certain key the borders will appear). Took me a few tries to get the right thickness for the borders but I got it almost perfectly. These borders match the area that the printer cuts out when printing to the edge. A very thin portion of the border is still visible sometimes (the minimal microscopic tilt on the paper when inside the tray will make it happen), so I made the borders black which are way more discrete than white.

 

[webestang64]

White border.....No border.....Wesley Snipes in "Passenger 57"......Always bet on black.........