User Guide

Printing 385
Printing
You can print Corel Painter images on a wide variety of printers, including PostScript,
Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI), and Quick Draw® printers, and
high-resolution imagesetters.
Understanding Printing
Even if your final goal is to print high-quality color prints, it’s a good idea to first print
proofs on any printer you have available. You can use a black-and-white printer to
check page size and placement of images on the page. If you have a color printer, you
can print proofs to get a general impression of what your image will look like. Keep in
mind that the proof is not an accurate representation of a final print produced by an
offset printing process. The print process, inks, and paper types combined affect the
final output.
To help you prepare for color printing and to ensure the best results, Corel Painter
supports color management through the Kodak® Color Management System
(KCMS). Color management is not enabled by default. If you want to use it while you
work or when you print, you must first set it up for your system. Refer to
“Understanding Color Management” in the Help for more on KCMS in Corel Painter.
Printing Images with Shapes
In Corel Painter, shapes can be interleaved with layers on the Layers palette, which can
affect the way your document prints. Shapes are inherently resolution-independent —
they’re mathematical representations of curves, not actual pixels. When you print on a
PostScript printer, these curves are usually turned into PostScript paths and printed at
the full printer resolution, although there are some exceptions.
Some effects that you can apply to 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.