User Guide

Printing446
turned into PostScript paths and
printed at the full printer resolution,
although there are some exceptions.
Some effects that you can apply to
Corel Painter shapes, such as
transparency and compositing, are not
actually printable with PostScript
Level I or II. You must rasterize them
on the canvas before printing.
Any object in a lower position on the
Layers list “touched” by a rasterized
shape must also be rasterized to
preserve the effect. For example, if you
have a shape with transparency on top
of a number of other shapes, all the
shapes below it must be rasterized to
preserve the transparency all the way
down to the canvas. This is true even
if the overlap area is small.
Similarly, if you place any imagery
from a layer partially over a shape, the
shape must be rasterized to print
correctly.
If you want shapes to print at the full
resolution of your printer, make sure
they do not overlap with raster layers,
that they are not transparent, and that
their compositing method is set to
Default.
Printing Composited Images
Having many layers and shapes in a
document increases printing time.
Printing a fully composited version of
the image is much faster.
Instead of creating a composited
version by dropping all the layers in
the image, you can clone the file, and
then print the clone. Keep layers in
the saved RIF file so you can return
and make changes. For more
information about cloning
documents, see “Cloning a
Document” on page 188.
Setting Up Printing
Options for setting up your file for
printing depend on several factors—
the output device, color versus black
and white printing, and whether you
are printing separations.
Mac OS options are located in the
Page Setup
dialog box.
Windows options are contained in the
Print Setup
dialog box.
To access print settings:
• Choose File menu > Page Setup.
Previewing an Image
To preview an image:
• On the Info palette, click the
palette menu arrow and choose
one of the following:
•Choose Canvas Preview to
view the image as it appears on
your canvas with no relation to
the printing paper.
•Choose Page Layout Preview
to view the image as it will
appear on the currently selected
printing paper.
Image Size and Printing
If you want to print an image that is
larger than a selected page size, you
can size the image to fit the page. For
example, when this option is enabled,
a 12” x 12” image would be resized to
fit on an 8 1/2” x 11” page.