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Corel Draw X5 Printing Issues

Hi guys! Corel Draw X5 for a client is not printing everything. I'm not a graphics person so I don't know exactly what to do to troubleshoot this, but I can tell you it DOESN'T print the same items on multiple printers. This makes me believe it's something within the file.

I've tried to attach a copy of the file, but am getting grief because it's a cdr (corel draw) file. I tried to zip it, but EE was too smart for that. I'm currently uploading the file to http://itworksllc.net/downloads/support.cdr for you to grab it.

There are several files that have this issue. Some files it could be the background, others it could be some of the images, and yet others it could be the text. Could this be some kind of PostScript or encoding issue?

Any help would be incredibly appreciated.

Merete

Hello ITworks, I get a script error with the link download. Can't open it sorry
not even in Inkscape.
http://itworksllc.net/downloads/support.cdr

Is Coral Draw x5 installed on every machine that is attempting to print a CDR?
Lets start with checking the settings,
Please refer to the manual page 4 and set the printer default and settings for
Printing From CorelDraw and that the file is inside the
http://www.ga.lsu.edu/CorelDrawX5%20Guide.pdf

Update the drivers for the Printer?

CDR is a project file right? what if you save to PDF or export the files as a bitmap or a more commonly used vector format like .cgm that might be the best solution.
How to Create a PDF File in CorelDRAW
http://www.printpelican.com/mar06pdf.html
and another
http://www.novapdf.com/kb/save-as-pdf-from-coreldraw-353.html

It maybe related to calibrating the monitor in order to print the images correctly,
Here's how to calibrate your monitor so that what you see is what you get.
http://www.wikihow.com/Calibrate-Your-Monitor
adding from Coral Draw
The following list is by Printer/RIP on which an issue has been resolved.
http://coreldraw.com/wikis/howto/printing-issues.aspx
Hope it helps

Sue Taylor

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That's weird that you get an error with the download - I just clicked on it and it's cranking away. Is there somewhere else I could upload the file to show it to you?

Corel Draw X5 is only on one machine; the "banner computer". Banners (posters) are printed from that computer. When we export the file to PDF everything prints just fine, but the end-user is unhappy with the extra steps so I was hoping to just "fix" it.

We'll run through this settings check and see what happens. Thanks for the suggestions.

ddhamm

What you can do with an upload - change the extension on the file name to .txt and then alert people to download it and change it back to the extension .cdr

I was able to download the file - I just can't open it because I haven't upgraded my CorelDraw to X5 (yet)

DeeDee

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Merete

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