Bleeds and Trim Marks

So I am desinging a business card for a company I work for. The company we are sending them off too obviously needs to have the bleed and trims marks. The only thing I can't figure out is how do I make the bleed marks visible to them? When I print the document it shows me the trim marks but since I have a white background, it looks as if there is no border. Should I add a border to the actual Artboard?

You can use the automated marks
If you want to draw your own trimmarks
file >> document setup>> set the bleed amount - you will see a red line showing you where the bleed ends

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