<a name="998933"> </a>Even if your final goal is to print high-quality color prints, it's a good idea to first print proofs on any printer you have available.
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<a name="998934"> </a>You can use a black and white printer to check page size and placement of images on the page. If you have a color printer, you can print proofs to get a general impression of what your image will look like. Keep in mind that the proof is not an accurate representation of a final print produced by an offset printing process. The print process, inks, and paper types combined will affect the final output.
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<a name="998935"> </a>To help you prepare for color printing and to ensure that you get the best results when you do print, Corel Painter supports color management through the Kodak« Color Management System (KCMS).
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<a name="998939"> </a>Color management is not enabled by default. If you want to use it while you work or when you print, you must first set it up for your system. Refer to <a href="24-Printing6.html#1007857">"Color Management"</a> for more on KCMS in Corel Painter.
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<a name="998947"> </a>Printing Images with Vector Shapes
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<a name="998948"> </a>Shapes can be interleaved with layers on the Layers palette, which can affect the way your document prints.
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<a name="998949"> </a>Shapes are inherently resolution-independent-they're mathematical representations of curves, not actual pixels. When you print on a PostScript printer, these curves are usually turned into PostScript paths and printed at the full printer resolution, although there are some exceptions.
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<a name="998952"> </a>Some effects that you can apply to Corel Painter shapes, such as transparency and compositing, are not actually printable with PostScript Level I or II. You must rasterize them on the canvas before printing.
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<a name="998954"> </a>Any object in a lower position on the Layers list "touched" by a rasterized shape must also be rasterized to preserve the effect. For example, if you have a shape with transparency on top of a number of other shapes, all the shapes below it must be rasterized to preserve the transparency all the way down to the canvas. This is true even if the overlap area is small.
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<a name="998955"> </a>Similarly, if you place any imagery from a layer partially over a shape, the shape must be rasterized to print correctly.
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<a name="998956"> </a>If you want shapes to print at the full resolution of your printer, make sure they do not overlap with raster layers, that they are not transparent, and that their compositing method is set to Default.
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<a name="1006216"> </a>Printing Composited Images
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<a name="1006217"> </a>Having many layers and shapes in a document increases printing time. Printing a fully composited version of the image is much faster.
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<a name="1006218"> </a>Instead of creating a composited version by dropping all the layers in the image, you can clone the file, and then print the clone. Keep layers in the saved RIF file so you can return and make changes. For more information about cloning documents, see <a href="11-Cloning4.html#998955">"Cloning a Document"</a>.
