Corel Painter Help | Printing images

Quick links to procedures on this page:

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To set printer properties

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To print an image

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To manually adjust page layout for printing

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To automatically resize an image to fit the page

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To print to a file (Windows only)

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

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Choose File

Print.

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Do one of the following:

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(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.

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Set any properties in the dialog box.

To print an image

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Choose File

Print.

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Do one of the following:

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(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.

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(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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Click Print.

Print a grayscale version of the image

Do one of the following:

(macOS) Click the Show Details button, choose Corel Painter 2020 from the list box, and enable the Print Grayscale check box.

(Windows) Choose the Painter 2020 tab, and enable the Print Grayscale check box.

Print to a non-PostScript printer (Windows only)

Choose the Painter 2020 tab, and enable the GDI Printing option.

Print an image to a color PostScript device (Windows only)

Choose the Painter 2020 tab, and enable the Color PostScript option.

Print separations (Windows only)

Choose the Painter 2020 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 2020 tab, and enable the B & W PostScript option.

To manually adjust page layout for printing

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Do one of the following:

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(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.

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Choose a preset page size from the Paper Size list box (macOS) or the Size list box (Windows).

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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

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Landscape — sets the page’s width to be greater than its height

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Do one of the following:

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(macOS) Choose Margins and Layout from the list box, and choose any margins and layout options you want.

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(Windows) In the Margins area, specify values in the Left, Right, Top, and Bottom boxes.

To automatically resize an image to fit the page

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Choose File

Print.

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Do one of the following:

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(macOS) Click the Show Details button, choose Corel Painter 2020 from the list box, and enable the Fit to page check box.

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(Windows) Click the Painter 2020 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)

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Choose File

Print.

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On the General page, enable the Print to file check box.

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Click Print.

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In the Save Print Output As dialog box, type a filename in the File name box.

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