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CorelDRAW allows you to manage colors when printing to help you 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 proof settings docker. For more information, see Using color management.
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 graphical content of the document. For more information, see Using color management.
For more information on color management, see Using color management.
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 of the colors to RGB or Grayscale before printing.
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You can determine if a printer is a GDI printer, by clicking File ![]() |
The following table describes different ways of managing color when printing to a GDI printer.
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.
To specify color settings for printing | ![]() |
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Click File ![]() |
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Click the Color tab.
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Enable the Use document color settings option.
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If you selected a PostScript printer, you can choose one of the following options from the Color conversion performed by 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 as list box.
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This allows you to merge all of the document colors into a specific color model when printing. |
To print using color proofing settings | ![]() |
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Click File ![]() |
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Click the Color tab.
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Enable the Use color proof settings option to apply the color settings that are
defined in the Color proof settings docker.
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If you want to correct the proof colors, you can choose a color profile from the Correct colors using color profiles list box. |
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Click Print.
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To specify a rendering intent for printing | ![]() |
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Click File ![]() |
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Click the Color tab.
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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)
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