Conventional programs (such as Word or Excel) are no longer the ones with the most access to printing tools. As new typographic and photographic content development programs are released that allow you to edit photos like a professional, offering more tools for quality printing on creations.
Corel’s software
One of the organizations that has joined ideal programs for the creation of content of almost any type, has been Corel. This company, founded in 1985, is recognized thanks to vector drawing programs such as CorelDRAW and the Corel Photo-Paint image editor.
Corel Photo-Paint
In this opportunity, you will learn a little more about what this company is and what it offers through its Corel PhotoPaint product. It is an image editor that is included in the CorelDRAW Graphic Suites package.
Features of Corel Photo-Paint
The tools of this program stand out for their speed and versatility, something in which it has surpassed some of its competitors. The interface offered by this tool is customizable, its performance is highly valued.
Some of the things that this tool has are:
- Typography treatment.
- Color equalization.
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Apply cropping, splitting, and object erasing to images.
- Filters.
- Management of plugins (even from other companies).
- Textured brushes.
- Cloning features.
- Image retouching.
Printing files with Corel Photo-Paint
Through Corel PhotoPaint you can also print the files you have been creating and designing. If you want to know a little more about the printing options and tools that this program makes available, keep reading this article.
- The paths to print a file are the same as in most programs. Just go to the File tab located at the top of your screen and click on the Print option, or press the Ctrl + P keys.
dialog box
Once you have entered the dialog box with the options to print, you will be able to see a series of tabs that will allow you to configure and adapt the printing options.
- On the General tab, specify the printer to use and the print orientation (portrait or landscape).
- Within the printing preferences and advanced printer options, you can modify the size of the sheet, the number of copies and the quality of the print.
Your print design
Depending on the printer you have, you can use the tools and options on the rest of the tabs to obtain a high-quality result.
- In the Color tab, you can specify the type of printing: full color, grayscale or black and white.
- In Design, you will be able to configure the options corresponding to the position and size of the sheet, printing your design as it is in the document or adapting it to the page or printing in mosaic.
- Exploring the Prepress tab, you will find options for paper/film settings, ability to print registration marks, use calibration bars. You will also be able to print according to page numbers and accounts with a bitmap subsampling section.
Error notification
Similarly, Corel PhotoPaint adds one more tab to the dialog box to show you the errors that the file you want to print may have. So that you can continue making the relevant settings to be able to print successfully.
print preview
Once you have corrected the problems, the tab will remain, but with the message “No problems”. At the bottom left of the dialog, you’ll find a button with the preview option.
In this way, as you make the print settings, you will be able to foresee the final result. In this box you will also have a series of tools to:
- Change the size of the image.
- Duplicate the image to print.
- Zoom tool.
print file
Finally, all that remains is to close the preview setup box, returning to the print setup dialog. At this last point, it only remains to press the accept button and wait for your printer to do the rest of the work. As an extra tip, you can add a watermark to your original print design to mark it as your own.
