Definitions for "Live Area"
Keywords:  rink, prepress, safe, viewable, ditch
A prepress term which refers to the area on a mechanical or form within which images will print.
The finished area inside crop marks.
The area on a page where you can safely place body copy or other important information. In most cases, important information should not extend all the way to the edge of a page, because there is a chance that the information may be cut off if the page is not cut precisely when it is printed. Typically, the live area of a magazine or newspaper page ends 1/4 to 1/8 of an inch from the edge of the page.