# 3457- Printing Frequently Asked Questions The following document contains frequently asked questions about printing and CorelDRAW™ 8. 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 Profile Wizard 8. Generic profiles are active by default and may not produce optimal output for your computer. Try disabling the Use Color Profile check box, found on the Miscellaneous tab 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. This should be disabled if using a Corel color profile. 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. Q Why don't some bitmaps or fills print when placed over other objects? A This occurs because of a printer setting on some 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 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, and click the Miscellaneous tab. 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. Before Print Merge can be used, it must first be added to the File menu. Click Tools, Options, Workspace, Customize, Menus. Under Commands, expand File & Layout, and expand File. Click Print &Merge in the list of commands, and expand &File from the Menu options on the right. Click Add. Using the Up and Down buttons in the center, position the feature, and click OK. 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, refer to the online Help. Q When I import an EPS file into CorelDRAW, and print to a non-PostScript printer, the output 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 WINDOWS\SPOOL folder is purged of old print jobs. The spooler can also be disabled in the Printer Driver 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 This may happen when the print job is complex, to resolve this try one of the following: Click File, Print Preview, Settings, Driver Compatibility, and enable Output bitmaps in 64K Chunks. Or... Click File, Print Preview, Settings, Driver Compatibility, and enable Send Bands to Driver. Q Why can't I import or print Duotone files that contain spot colors from CorelDRAW 8? A Duotones are 8-bit color images that use 256 shades of up to four tones. (TriTones, etc) To import Duotones into CorelDRAW 8 there are two options. Save the image in Corel PHOTO- PAINT™ 8 as and EPS file, and import it into CorelDRAW 8 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. The second method involves importing the bitmap into CorelDRAW, convert it to Grayscale 8-bit, and then convert it to Duotone. Assign the Pantone colors in the Duotone dialog box. 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 enable 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 Preview, Settings, Driver Compatibility, and enable Send Bands to Driver. Click File, Print Preview, Settings, Driver Compatibility, and enable Output bitmaps 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, Miscellaneous tab, and scroll down the list of 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. Click Start, Settings, Control Panel. Double-click Date/Time, adjust the date accordingly, and click OK. Q Two-color pattern fills are not printing correctly on my printer. How can I correct this? A Click File, Print, Miscellaneous, and scroll down the list of Special Settings. Click Print Bitmaps as RGB, and click ON. Q Files that used to print correctly on my PostScript printer will no longer print from CorelDRAW 8. How can I correct this? A Click File, Print, PostScript, and change Compatibility to Level 1. If the file still does not print, try reducing the Maximum Points Per Curve to 300, and enable Auto Increase Flatness. Q Fonts are not printing correctly on my printer. What should I do? A For non-PostScript output, click File, Print Preview, Settings, Driver Compatibility, and enable All Text As Graphics. For PostScript output, click File, Print, PostScript, and disable Download Type 1 Fonts. Alternately, if Artistic Text is being used, it may be converted to curves before printing. Select the text object with the Pick tool, and click Arrange, Convert to Curves. Note: Text that has been converted to curves can no longer be edited as text. Q Why is the orientation of the output is incorrect when printing to an image setter, or other roll-fed device? A Obtain the latest PostScript driver for this device. The latest Adobe PostScript driver corrects orientation issues on Level 2 PostScript devices. Q When I use CorelDRAW's Drop Shadow effect and place the object on top of a bitmap or colored background, it prints with a halo effect around the drop shadow. How do I stop that from happening? A Most color printer drivers have a setting in the properties that controls how the output will print. These settings are usually named Automatic, Photographic, Vivid Color, or Presentation. The default is often set to Automatic. Change this setting to one of the other available settings, such as Vivid or Photographic, and print the file. If you are using a Color Profile in CorelDRAW, disable the printer color correction in the Printer Properties first. Then, in CorelDRAW click Tools, Options, Global, Color Management, General, and change the Color Matching Mode to Photographic or Illustration.