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Border – Needs cropping
Recently bought Corel DRAW X3, but am having a couple of Problems.
I created a simple box with shading and exported it as an eps file. When I cam to open it in VersaWorks 2.4.2, I had a large boundary box that needed cropping back to the size of image. Then when I sent it to the VesraCAMM VP-300, the vinyl was fed out but no printing or cutting took place.
I then published as a pdf from Corel, opened it in Versaworks, cropped it back again and sent it to VersaCAMM. This time it did print & cut.
Why does Corel DRAW X3 export a large box around image? and not just a box close to the boundary of label. And why does this eps print & cut but can be seen in Versaworks.
I was told by Roland that it seems to be a Corel DRAW fault, so remove Corel and re-install. This has been done but the problem is still there.
Any advise would be appreciated.
Cheers
Paul
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8 Replies
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On the EPS export dialogue, under the advanced tab, look at the Bounding Box section and make sure you have clicked on Objects and not Page.
Peter
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also the setting of the eps boarder in the rip. in colourrip you can change it
chris
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In Versaworks, Roland state that the EPS Margin be set at .35mm under File Format.
I don’t know if they intended this for borders but I would never use it that way. I think it far more controllable to set the border in the original artwork, I used to do this with Colorip/Wasatch too.
Peter
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quote Peter Shaw:In Versaworks, Roland state that the EPS Margin be set at .35mm under File Format.I don’t know if they intended this for borders but I would never use it that way. I think it far more controllable to set the border in the original artwork, I used to do this with Colorip/Wasatch too.
Peter
I had a problem with not seeing all the cut lines and Roland told me to set this to 1.00mm and that fixed that problem, not sure what it does though 😕
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Nick,
I’m sure that’s OK. The documentation actually says .35mm or more or some outlines may not be cut properly. I would think that if the value is too big you can’t accurately scale the image as the margin value scales as well.
Peter
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Thanks for all the replies, we got there in the end.
Adjusted a number of settings, but fault was still there. Finally noticed that changing the printer settings would alter the border that went into Versaworks. Installed a deskjet printer on pc and for some reason every file exported as ‘eps’ now comes with a border a couple of mm bigger rather a one that needs cropping down.
😀
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quote :1.00mm and that fixed that problem, not sure what it does though
nick that value sets the border distance from the original file size..
in colourrip you can tell it to outline jobs and will cut around the border even thou, there is no cut path. handy sometimes. but only works on eps files i think.it has always annoyed me about distances in rips they never seam to be dead on you tell it 5 mm apart and it reports 5.08mm. like wise send the rip a file say 100mm sq it reports it as 100.08mm
but if you create the eps with the eps driver supplied on the original disk then these values remain as you put them in.not a problem until you are doing 100s off. then trying to line up with different software and plotter.
chris
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Thanks Chris and Peter, I understand now, Chris you can do the same thing in Versaworks, tell it to cut to the border of a EPS.
Nick.
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