Printing images
Before printing an image, you can specify printer properties, including paper size and device options. For example, you can specify printer features such as duplexing stapling. The preferences that you choose depend on several factors: the type of output device to be used, whether the printed output will be in color or in black and white, and whether you are printing separations. You can print Corel Painter images on a wide variety of printers, including PostScript, Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI), and QuickDraw, and high-resolution imagesetters.
You can manually adjust the page size, orientation, and margin settings to match the standard paper settings for printing. You can also print an image that is larger than a selected page size by automatically resizing the image to fit the page. For example, you can automatically resize a 12-by-12-inch image to fit on an 8.5-by-11-inch page.
You can also print an image to a file, so you can send the file to a print service provider for printing. Some of these options are available only on the Windows operating system.
To set printer properties
1
Choose
File 
Print.
2
Do one of the following:
•
(macOS) Click the
Show Details button, and choose an option from the list box (such as
Page Attributes,
Layout,
Color Matching, or
Paper Feed).
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(Windows) On the
General page, click
Preferences.
3
Set any properties in the dialog box.
To print an image
1
Choose
File Print.
2
Do one of the following:
•
(macOS) Choose a printer from the
Printer list box, choose an option from the
Pages list box, and type a value in the
Copies box.
•
(Windows) On the
General page, choose a printer from the
Select Printer area, enable an option in the
Page Range area, and type a value in the
Number of copies box.
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Print a grayscale version of the image |
• (macOS) Click the Show Details button, choose Corel Painter 2022 from the list box, and enable the Print Grayscale check box. • (Windows) Choose the Painter 2022 tab, and enable the Print Grayscale check box. |
Print to a non-PostScript printer (Windows only) |
Choose the Painter 2022 tab, and enable the GDI Printing option. |
Print an image to a color PostScript device (Windows only) |
Choose the Painter 2022 tab, and enable the Color PostScript option. |
Print separations (Windows only) |
Choose the Painter 2022 tab, and enable the Separations option. The output consists of four pages, one each for cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. You can print separations from Corel Painter with PostScript devices, including high-resolution imagesetters. Corel Painter places a color bar, registration marks, and the color name on each of the four separated plates. |
Print an image to a black-and-white PostScript laser printer (Windows only) |
Choose the Painter 2022 tab, and enable the B & W PostScript option. |
To manually adjust page layout for printing
1
Do one of the following:
•
(macOS) Choose
File Print, click the
Show Details button, and choose
Page Attributes from the list box.
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(Windows) Choose
File Page Setup.
2
Choose a preset page size from the
Paper Size list box (macOS) or the
Size list box (Windows).
3
In the
Orientation area, choose one of the following options:
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Portrait — sets the page’s height to be greater than its width
•
Landscape — sets the page’s width to be greater than its height
4
Do one of the following:
•
(macOS) Choose
Margins and Layout from the list box, and choose any margins and layout options you want.
•
(Windows) In the
Margins area, specify values in the
Left,
Right,
Top, and
Bottom boxes.
To automatically resize an image to fit the page
1
Choose
File Print.
2
Do one of the following:
•
(macOS) Click the
Show Details button, choose
Corel Painter 2022 from the list box, and enable the
Fit to page check box.
•
(Windows) Click the
Painter 2022 tab, and enable the
Size to Fit Page check box.
You must enable this option to print images larger than the page size.
To print to a file (Windows only)
1
Choose
File Print.
2
On the
General page, enable the
Print to file check box.
4
In the
Save Print Output As dialog box, type a filename in the
File name box.