Greeting cards SRA3 "crop marks" problem.

Hello all
Am using: InDesign CS2 v4.0.5 - PC Windows XP.
I am trying to set up layout and crop marks for four A5 greeting cards (print to edge) onto an SRA3 sheet but when the print firm prints out a proof of the SRA3 sheet, the crop marks, that I put in myself, don't appear.
The measurements I think I am right in using for the greeting cards are: width: 432mm (210mm X 2 + four 3mm bleeds) height: 308mm (148mm X 2 + four 3mm bleeds).
Do I start by setting up (In document setup) the width and height of an SRA3 sheet (width:450mm height:320mm) with any or no bleed and slug settings, or would it be better to set the document up from the beginning as 432mm X 308mm (the size of the 4 cards plus bleeds)?
Have been struggling with this for four days so any help would be greatly appreciated.
kind regards
carly

It depends, but I would expect you to create the four A5 greetings cards
with the bleed and export to PDF with all the marks. Then the printer
will place them (impose) on to one SRA3 sheet. She/he gets to decide if
the marks show or not. You just have to make sure they are in the PDF
you send him/her.
What is your printer telling you?

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