# 5011- Tips for Non-PostScript Printing

Listed below are some common problems associated with printing to non-PostScript printers.  If
these suggestions do not address your problem, refer to the General Troubleshooting section of
this document.

          If you are experiencing poor results when printing lenses and PowerClips, or complex fills
     over bitmaps, ensure that the following switch has been changed in the CORELAPP.INI
     file.
     UseClippingForFills=1

          For more information regarding the settings for this switch, refer to the CorelDRAW
     online Help under Technical Support, INI Files, and CORELAPP.INI.


          If you are experiencing problems printing fractal fills to an HP  DeskJet printer, contact
     HP  Technical Support for an updated driver.  This was an issue with older DeskJet
     drivers only. 

          If lines or a grid-like pattern appear throughout the image when printing to the HP 1200C,
     this could be caused by the Scatter pattern.  CorelDRAW sends data to the print driver in
     blocks of information and the print driver is unable to scatter across these blocks.  To
     resolve this, change the print driver settings to manual color, and select pattern or cluster
     for the printing pattern.   This is done through the printer settings in the Control Panel.
     
          You can also make the following change in the CORELPRN.INI file, to force
     CorelDRAW to send the entire bitmap to the print driver instead of sending it in blocks.

     DumpEntireBitmap=1 

          If text below a graphic prints on top of the graphic, add the following switch to the
     [Config] section of the CORELPRN.INI file.

     UseTextBand = 0

          When this switch is set to zero, each character of text is sent to the printer as a graphic
     object.  Changing this value to 1 causes the text to be printed using text bands.  Keep in
     mind that leaving this switch set to 0 will decrease the quality and speed of printed text.


General Troubleshooting
Printers can be separated into two categories, PostScript and non-PostScript.  Non-PostScript
printers are subject to system irregularities and configuration issues far more then PostScript
printers.  
 
If you are experiencing problems not corrected by the switch settings listed above, perform the
following troubleshooting steps:

          Check the printing functions from other applications, i.e.. Windows Write or Notepad. 
     This will verify whether communication from the computer to the printer exists.  If you are
     unable to print out of other applications, contact the manufacturer of your printer for more
     information regarding any known conflicts or driver issues.

          As non-PostScript printers rely heavily on the information available from the video card,
     outdated video drivers can have a great influence on the printer output.  To resolve this,
     perform the following steps:

1.  Run the Windows Setup from the Main group, and click Options, Change System Settings. 
Change the Display setting to Plain VGA mode.   Press OK and restart Windows.  Try printing
the file from CorelDRAW again.  If the file prints correctly, contact the manufacturer of you
Video card to obtain an updated Video driver.  If the file does not print correctly, proceed to step
2.

2.  Disable Fast Printing Direct to Port.  In the Control Panel, click Printers , and click the printer
you are printing to.  Click Connect, and disable the Fast Printing Direct to Port check box. 
Restart Windows, and load CorelDRAW and try printing the file from CorelDRAW again.   If the
file still does not print correctly proceed to Step 3.  

If the file prints correctly restore the Video Driver to its original setting. Attempt print this file
again, if it is not successful the Video driver is the problem.

3.  Verify that there is ample memory for CorelDRAW to create a spool file.  Windows uses three
different types of memory, RAM, virtual memory and temporary disk space.  RAM is the physical
memory that is installed in your computer, it works in coordination with virtual memory.  Your
computer uses these two types of memory as one, if you are running low on RAM, Windows will
access virtual memory as assigned in the Control Panel.  Temporary memory is accessed by
Windows as it performs smaller tasks such as copying a file or a piece of a file for storage on your
hard disk as a temporary file (*.TMP). These files are stored in your temp directory defined in
your AUTOEXEC.BAT.  

If you should exit a program or Windows in an irregular manner, these temporary files may be left
on the hard drive, taking up unnecessary space. 
 
To remove these temp files, exit Windows, and type SET at the DOS prompt.  Make note of
where the TEMP= variable points to, and then change to that directory.  Delete all of the files that
end with a *.TMP extension, you can use the wildcard command DEL *.TMP.  You should also
run a SCANDISK to ensure the integrity of the hard drive.  Consult the Windows documentation
if you are not familiar with this command.  

Ensure that there is at least 10 MB of free hard drive space left, before restarting Windows.

Once all of this disk maintenance has been completed, try printing the file again.