Full Version: Changing print area? V12
From: Holly (GRIZGIRLS) [#1]
19 Jun 2006
To: ALL
ARG! I'm so frustrated!!!
Can anyone tell me how to change the print area in Corel Draw 12? There is a bottom print margin that is 1" from the edge of the paper. I want to lessen the distance to about only .5". I've been all thru the help topics and cannot figure out how to do this.
Please help! Thank you!
EDITED: 19 Jun 2006 by HARVEY-ONLY
From: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#2]
19 Jun 2006
To: Holly (GRIZGIRLS) [#1] 20 Jun 2006
I am a little confused about exactly what you are asking. Could you try to define the problem better?
If you attach a file showing the problem it will probably be helpful also, (also possibly make it more confusing).
From: John (ICTJOHN) [#3]
19 Jun 2006
To: Holly (GRIZGIRLS) [#1] 20 Jun 2006
Holly,
I believe you are trying to change your "Footer" margin, that will be in your "Printer's Driver" not within CoredDRAW.
From: UCONN Dave & Lynn too (DANDL48) [#4]
19 Jun 2006
To: Holly (GRIZGIRLS) [#1] 20 Jun 2006
From: Holly (GRIZGIRLS) [#5]
20 Jun 2006
To: ALL
Hi guys - sorry for the lack of reply. I didn't get a single message that anyone replied to my note so I assumed no one did...
I tried everything in the Print Preview window (which Draw 12 online help recommended to modify the margins). Every time I saved my changes, I could tell it didn't take as the print preview was still showing a 1" bottom margin. All I wanted to do was change that to .5", which I know my printer can handle with all other programs. In utter frustration, I shut the thing down and called it a day.
Today, I log on, don't see that anyone from the Forum responded (or so I thought) and decided to launch Draw again and give it another try. Imagine my shock when I opened the document to see the print preview is showing the margins I tried so hard to set yesterday! The much-needed .5" bottom margin is set! I don't know why the preview didn't show the changes yesterday - perhaps I ate up too much RAM and it was unable to properly refresh - but I did nothing but open the doc this morning and it's perfect!
I've had other quirky issues with Corel before with display issues. Odd stuff that will show but not in a typical 'running out of memory' type of way. I guess the old adage 'when in doubt...reboot' just may be useful once in a while afterall! At least that's what I'm claiming for this issue!!
Thanks to everyone who responded! Appreciate the effort!!
From: Pedaler (ROYBREWER) [#6]
21 Jun 2006
To: Holly (GRIZGIRLS) [#5] 22 Jun 2006
We're curious as to what printer(?). Not your Epilog, right?
From: logojohn [#7]
21 Jun 2006
To: Holly (GRIZGIRLS) [#1] 22 Jun 2006
The sawgrass sublimation ink printer driver(power driver for c86) is doing that to me and I can't find where to change it in the driver settings.
I sometimes lie to it and say I am using legal size paper but it will print completely by acutally printing on letter size. I also got some legal size sublimation paper just in case.
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EDITED: 21 Jun 2006 by LOGOJOHN
From: Carl (CSEWELL) [#8]
21 Jun 2006
To: logojohn [#7] 21 Jun 2006
From: logojohn [#9]
21 Jun 2006
To: Carl (CSEWELL) [#8] 21 Jun 2006
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From: Holly (GRIZGIRLS) [#10]
22 Jun 2006
To: ALL
New info....but first, to answer your question, I have an HP Officejet 7310.
The document is intended to be double sided. I found that when I set in the printer properties for it to print double sided 'automatically' that the bottom margin would set to 1" and not allow me to change it. When I put this to any other setting, it accepted my margin change.
So who knows...at least I know how to work around it now! Thanks to all for the input!