Brilliant as XX is as an illustration tool, I long ago gave up using it for anything pertaning to printing and CMYK work. It's great for all kinds of RGB art, but for CMYK -- and related print technlogies like EPS -- XX just doesn't cut it. Until and unless Xara fixes this area -- which is very, very hard to do right -- my best advice is to stay away from XX for CMYK/EPS. I know Xara and Charles understandably hates hearing this, but facts are facts.