Trouble with Crop and Trim Marks in Illustrator CS3

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Hi,
I'm creating a print document (in Illustrator CS3, using Windows Vista) and sending to a professional printer who requires trim marks. I've created my document so that there is 0.125" trim area on all sides to bleed. Here is what I'm doing to create trim marks:
Artboard is set at desired print size (5.5"x8.5") + 1/8" trim= 5.75"x8.75"
Object>Crop Area>Make This give me crop marks at the edge of my artboard
then I do
Object>Crop Area>Release This allows me to change my crop marks to my desired, 0.125" size
Then i do
Filter>Create>Crop Marks This shows me my crop marks exactly where I want them in a red retangle
then I save the file as a PDF and select the following settings:
Press Quality
Marks and Bleeds: I select the "Trim Marks" box to print the trim marks
If I tell it to show bleeds, it only shows up on the top and bottom, not left and right, even though there is "0.125" in all fields.
(Although these have only showed up for me once, I cannot get it to show up again)
When I select "Save" and then view the file, the trim marks are there, but not were I specified them to be. They show up at the edge of the artboard.

When I change the Artboard to letter size (8.5x11), THEN the crop marks show up where they're supposed to be. Why is this happening???
Any thoughts?? Thank you!

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Post by S***@adobeforums.com
Hi,
Artboard is set at desired print size (5.5"x8.5") + 1/8" trim= 5.75"x8.75"
Object>Crop Area>Make This give me crop marks at the edge of my artboard
then I do
Object>Crop Area>Release This allows me to change my crop marks to my desired, 0.125" size
Then i do
Filter>Create>Crop Marks This shows me my crop marks exactly where I want them in a red retangle
Press Quality
Marks and Bleeds: I select the "Trim Marks" box to print the trim marks
If I tell it to show bleeds, it only shows up on the top and bottom, not left and right, even though there is "0.125" in all fields.
(Although these have only showed up for me once, I cannot get it to show up again)
When I select "Save" and then view the file, the trim marks are there, but not were I specified them to be. They show up at the edge of the artboard.
When I change the Artboard to letter size (8.5x11), THEN the crop marks show up where they're supposed to be. Why is this happening???
Any thoughts?? Thank you!

Hey, i see that your post is quite old, so you have probably found a solution by now. But I'll answer it anyway, since someone else might encounter a similar problem and find this post. Just one question, is your copy of illustrator original? Because if it is not, it might be badly cracked, so it might not be your fault but you won't be able to fix it either.. This sort of thing happens all the time on versions that you find on the internet, usually the problems are smaller such as a missing filter or blocking of certain features, but if you find a better version your problems will most likely be resolved.