Re: long printing times in coreldraw X3
Then there are some adjustments you have to make to using X3 to allow you to print. You need to set up your scratch disks which keeps you running smoothly and to allocate 50 to 60% of your RAM to when you are using DRAW. If you are using pictures, you don't need anything over 300 dpi, and if you adjust them correctly, that solves a lof of issues. Nodes are another issue, if you are using clipart, you need to reduce the nodes considerably. There is a symbols palette, so anything which is reusable can go in there and just pull out a new instance when you need it. If you can use USB2 rather than parallel, your printing speeds will greatly increase. If you are still using and 4P or 5P, it is time to upgrade.
Myself, sometimes I will save as a .pdf if I am experiencing any slow down. Had one today, so I timed how things went to the platemaker vs. the speed of printing the same job from a .pdf. DRAW was still faster.
In making a .pdf, there are some elements which are unique to DRAW like conical gradients, Acrobat does not recognize them and if they are spot color, will render them CMYK, if converted to a grayscale and beefed up in contrast, then made in to a monotone (duotone with one spot color), they print fine and it solves the compatibility issue.
Some gradient fills don't like to reside in outlined text but do fine at curves. It is easy to spot where you have to make the tweaks.
If the device understands the level of postscript that DRAW sends out, then the printing times are not that bad. You can always try changing this to a lower level or printing graphics as bitmaps.
Print Preview can do many things, far more than any other programs. You can impose books, impose business cards, labels, postcards, and export an imposed book, even to .pdf if you have Acrobat Professional.
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