wavy lines

[gwpriester]

Not sure but I wonder if converting to editable shapes or convert line to shape would help as well?

[handrawn]

it does

[gwpriester]

I have moved this to Dear Xara since it is more of a feature (bug).

[Acorn]

It has been a Bug since before version 9, I came across it reported by Werner, @WSNetwork, in 2011.

It appears to be connected to tapering strokes.
The 'trick' is to explicitly or implicitly force the lines to render as images.
Explicit - add an Image Filename and set as PNG - tedious.
Implicit - add the smallest possible Feather of 1mp and you force an image for anything (except Placeholders) - dangerous, but useful.

Acorn

[handrawn]

as the issue is sending to a printer I've never seen the need to do anything other than set print as bitmap in options, at least up to A3 print size

if that affects anything else, adversely, I don't recall ever noticing it

[Acorn]

as the issue is sending to a printer I've never seen the need to do anything other than set print as bitmap in options, at least up to A3 print size
if that affects anything else, adversely, I don't recall ever noticing it

@handrawn, the Help states:

Print AsNormal is suitable for most types of document.
However some printers do not reproduce consistent colors when printing bitmaps or vector objects that are the same color (this is a fault with the printer driver).
This is noticeable if objects overlap onto bitmaps or onto objects with transparency applied to them.
In this case, select Bitmap or Anti-Aliased Bitmap and retry.
The choice between Bitmap and Anti-Aliased Bitmap depends on the printer and personal preference.
Some printers give best results with anti-aliasing turned off especially when printing thin lines.
As a rule, using anti-aliasing allows lower resolution printing.
For example, 150 DPI bitmap printing is usually good enough for all uses-even typesetting.
Without anti-aliasing, higher resolutions may be needed which gives much slower printing.

My worry of using Anti-Alias Bitmap is it might be fine for screen viewing but it probably fudges crisp edges in a print.
Equally, Bitmap suggests to me that that is a mapping of the image dpi to the printer resolution occurs that again may affect edges.
Instead, I would be looking at printer driver settings or print via PDF.

Acorn

[handrawn]

ok thanks for that pointer re help

you can set the print dpi manually in print options for bitmap print [although that will not enhance what is low res in the first place], but as you say it may fudge

mind you, I only ever print from xara on my office printer when I want work in progress drafts, which it does competently; if I wanted proofs I too would print from PDF