Print colors accurately
CorelDRAW allows you to manage colors when printing to ensure accurate color reproduction. You can print the document with the document colors settings applied or you can choose alternate color settings only for printing. You can also print a document using the color proofing settings that you previously specified in the Color Proofing docker.
In addition, you can choose a rendering intent to effectively interpret the out-of-gamut colors when printing. The rendering intent that you choose depends on the graphic content of the document.
For more information about color management, see Manage colors for print.
Notes for GDI printers
GDI printers support only two color spaces: RGB and Grayscale. If your document contains colors from multiple color spaces, for example RGB, CMYK, and spot colors, you must convert all the colors to RGB or Grayscale before printing.
You can determine if a printer is a GDI printer by clicking File 
Print and choosing a printer from the Printer list box. If the PostScript tab does not appear at the top of the dialog box, the selected printer is a GDI printer.
The following table describes different ways of managing color when printing to a GDI printer.
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Print the document and preserve the RGB or Grayscale colors |
Click the Color tab, and choose the appropriate color mode from the Output colors list box. |
Print the document with original colors |
Click the Color tab, and choose the document color profile from the Document profile area of the Color profile list box. |
Print the document and convert the document colors to the printer colors |
Choose the printer color profile from the Color profile list box. |
Notes for PostScript printers
Most PostScript printers support the use of multiple color spaces in a document. For example, a document can contain colors from multiple colors spaces, such as RGB, CMYK, and Grayscale.
The following table describes different ways of managing color when printing to a PostScript printer.
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Print the document with the original colors |
Click the Color tab, and choose Native from the Output colors list box. |
Print a document that contains multiple color modes using one color mode |
Click the Color tab, and choose a color mode from the Output colors list box. If the printer supports only one color mode, you can control the color conversion within CorelDRAW. |
Print a document that contains only one color mode |
Click the Color tab, and choose the color profile from the Output color as list box and from the Color profile list box. |
To specify color settings for printing
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Click
File Print.
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Enable the
Document color option.
If you selected a PostScript printer, you can choose one of the following options from the
Color conversions list box:
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CorelDRAW — lets the application perform the color conversion
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(selected printer) — lets the selected printer perform the color conversion (This option is only available for PostScript printers.)
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Choose a color model from the
Output colors list box.
This allows you to merge all document colors into a specific color model when printing.
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Convert spot colors to process colors |
Enable the Convert spot colors to check box. If you selected Native from the Output colors list box, you need to select a color mode from the list box. |
Choose a color profile for correcting colors when printing to a specific printer |
Choose a color profile from the Color profiles list box. This option is available only for certain color models. |
Retain the color values associated with the selected color model |
Enable the Preserve (color model) numbers check box. |
To print using color proofing settings
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Click
File Print.
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Enable the
Color proof option to apply the color settings that are defined in the
Color Proofing docker.
If you want to correct the proof colors, you can choose a color profile from the
Color profile list box.
To specify a rendering intent for printing
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Click
File Print.
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From the
Rendering intent list box, choose one of the following options:
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Relative colorimetric — for producing proofs on printers, without preserving the white point
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Absolute colorimetric — for preserving the white point and proofing
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Perceptual — for a variety of images, especially bitmaps and photographs
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Saturation — for vector graphics and for preserving highly saturated colors (lines, text, and solid-colored objects, such as charts)