# 3424 - Printing FAQs The following document contains frequently asked questions with regards to printing and CorelDRAW 7. General Printing Q Why don't the colors print the same as they look on screen? A Typically, this is due to an incorrect or invalid color profile activated in Corel COLOR MANAGER 7. Generic profiles are active by default and may not produce optimal output for your computer. Try disabling the Use Color Profile check box, found in the lower left corner of the Print dialog box. It is also important to note that many printer drivers have their own internal color management software that may be active as well. This should be disabled if using Corel COLOR MANAGER 7. Additionally, this color output issue may be due to insufficient ink/toner or another physical problem with the output device itself. Try printing a test page from another application or from the driver to eliminate this as a cause. If color output is still inadequate, refer to Fax on Demand document #3414 for more information about configuring Corel COLOR MANAGER 7. Q Why do I get extra plates or objects appearing on the wrong plates when printing separations? A This issue has been addressed in the D7375.EXE patch that is available on the Corel Website, FTP, BBS, and CompuServe. This patch is included in build 467 of CorelDRAW 7. Contact Customer Service for information about obtaining the build. Q Why doesn't reversed text print correctly? A This issue has been addressed and corrected in build 467 of CorelDRAW 7. This build is available by contacting Customer Service. Q When printing text to certain printers, single characters may be dropped. A This issue has been addressed and corrected for most printers in a patch, named D7375.EXE. This patch is available on the Corel Website, FTP, BBS, and CompuServe. This has been addressed for all printers by obtaining build 467 of CorelDRAW 7. This build is available by contacting Customer Service. Q Why do some bitmaps or fills not print when placed over other objects? A To resolve this, click Start, Settings, Printers. Click the printer icon, and click File, Properties. Click the Graphics tab, and click Use Raster graphics. Q Why am I unable to print to my faxing software from CorelDRAW 7? A This issue has been addressed in Revision B of CorelDRAW 7.This build is available by contacting Customer Service. Q How can I control the banding on my printed fountain fills? A It is possible to specify the number of steps in the fountain fills in your print job. A low number of steps prints faster but the transition between shades may be rather coarse, causing what is known as banding. A higher value results in a smoother blend, but the printing time is longer. To change this setting, click File, Print, Options, Options. Type the number of steps to be used when rendering fountain fills in the Fountain Steps list box. Q How do I use print merge ? A Print merge works by combining a specially formatted text file with a CorelDRAW file. The CorelDRAW file must contain text that will be replaced by words from the text file during the print merge. When the print merge is ready to be performed, click File, Print Merge and choose the text file to merge. For complete instructions on performing a print merge, consult the online Help. Q When I import an EPS file into CorelDRAW and print it to my non-PostScript printer, the resulting printout appears pixelated and unclear. Why? A An EPS file is a Postscript (PS) file and meant to be printed to a PostScript printer. When printed to a non-PostScript printer, it will only print the file header which is a low resolution preview of the actual file. If you wish to print the actual contents of the EPS file to a non-PostScript printer, import the file it into CorelDRAW using the PostScript Interpreted (PS, PRN, EPS) filter. Q Why do I get printer Spool file errors when I print? A This error is commonly caused by the WINDOWS\SPOOL folder becoming too full or unable to accept new data. If this occurs, ensure that the SPOOL folder in the WINDOWS folder is purged of old print jobs. The spooler can also be disabled in the printer driver's properties. For most printer drivers, click Start, Settings, Printers. Click the printer icon and click File, Properties. Click Details, Spool Settings. Enable the Print Directly To Printer check box. Q Why do bitmaps sometimes drop from my printed output? A To resolve this try one of the following: Click File, Print, Options, Options, Special Settings. Click Bitmap Printing, and click Output in 64K Chunks. Or... Click File, Print, Options, Options, Special Settings. Click Driver Banding, and click Send Bands to Driver. Q Why can't I import or print Duotone files that contain spot colors from CorelDRAW 7. A Duotones are 8-bit color images that use 256 shades of up to four tones. (TriTones, etc) To import Duotones into CorelDRAW 7, the images must be saved in Corel PHOTO-PAINT 7 as EPS files, and imported into CorelDRAW 7 using the Encapsulated Postscript (EPS) file type. It is important that the correct filter type be chosen. The separated output, assuming it is being sent to a capable PostScript device, will contain the corresponding spot color information, despite having a grayscale representation on the screen. Printing to HP printers Q Why is my printer generating a Print Overrun error message? A This message sometimes occurs with non-PostScript HP LaserJet printers. To resolve this, click Start, Settings, Printers. Click the printer icon, and click File, Properties. Click the Graphics tab, and click Use Raster graphics. Q My Printer is printing slowly, and I sometimes receive the error message "Windows could not write to the printer spool file". How can I resolve this issue? A There are 3 possible solutions: Click File, Print, Options, Options, Special Settings. Click Driver Banding, and click Send Bands to Driver. Click File, Print, Options, Options, Special Settings. Click Bitmap Printing, and click Output in 64K Chunks. Click Start, Settings, Printers. Click the printer icon and click File, Properties. Click Details, Spool Settings. Enable the Print Directly To Printer check box. Q Why do I receive "Out of Memory" errors or low disk space warnings when I try to print from my Corel application? A This condition is directly related to the amount of system resources available at the time the print job is sent. It is essential to have sufficient free disk space on the hard drive where Windows 95 is located, for virtual memory, the creation of temp files, and the printer spool file. Depending on the size of the file, free space required should be between 50 and 150 MB. Q Why do my separations contain CMYK values. I thought my original file only contained Spot colors? Where are these CMYK colors coming from? A In many cases, an object may be filled with a Spot color but the outline may be assigned a CMYK value. Replace the CMYK outlines with the Spot equivalent. Also, ensure that you are not using a CMYK black or white. Q My HP printer will not print bitmaps. Instead of the image, a gray or black box is printed. A Find the driver initialization file on the hard drive (HP.INI, DESKJET.INI), and open it in Windows Notepad. Look for the line that reads "JumboTechnology=0100." Modify this line to read "JumboTechnology=0000." Save and close the file. Your bitmaps should print normally. If the bitmaps still do not print correctly, click File, Print, Options, Options, Special Settings. Click Print Bitmaps as RGB, and click ON. Q Why is an IPF error generated when I try to print color separations? A Ensure that the date and time are set correctly for your computer.