Separations Print File in CorelDraw

You can make composite & separations print file in coreldraw. Their are lot of options for it. You can compress you file, crop mark in print file, increase fountain steps, over print black automatic etc. Just go to File menu & select Print or Ctrl+P.

General Tab

• Select postscript printer. I am using Scitex Dolev800 PS L2.
• If you have PPD than tick in PPD & select it for extra options otherwise leave it.
• Go in Properties & click Advanced.
• Choose paper size as you needed or click PostScript Custom Page Size.
• Feed the width & height.
• Select the Long Edge first for wide (Landscape) layout & Short Edge first for tall (Portrait) layout from Set Paper Feed Direction.

Layout Tab

• As in document, fit to page, reposition image to & print tiled pages from image position & size
• Custom bleed by tick to bleed limt
• Choose imposition layout & edit it also

Separations Tab

• Click in Separations tab.
• If you want convert all colors in 4/c than tick in Convert spot colors to process, otherwise leave it.
• Tick in Print Separations & choose different different options their. You can choose extra options tick by Use advanced settings (choose extra custom setting clicking by Advanced...)
• Tick in Always overprint black for overprint black
• If you want Ignore Preserve overprint if you overprint it into document than choose Ignore from Document overprints.

Prepress Tab

• Invert (negative) & Mirror  in / film settings.
• Print file information, print page numbers & position within page in file information.
• Crop / fold marks & exterior only in corp / fold marks.
• Choose registration style tick by print registration marks.
• Color calibration bar & densitometer scales in calibration bars.

PostScript Tab

• Level 1, level 2 & PostScript 3 in compatibility.
• Tick Use JPEG compression, maintain OPI links & resolve DCS links in bitmaps area.
• Choose lpi (Line Per Inch) from screen frequency.
• Download type 1 fonts & convert true type to type 1 in fonts area.
• Choose full screen, Page only & Thumbnails choose in On start display & include hyperlinks, include bookmarks in PDF marks.
• Choose maximum points per curve.
• Choose set flatness to.
• Tick other options are : increase flatness, auto increase fountain steps & optimize fountain fills.

See video

Pasting, Cut marks, Registraion Marks & Color Name in CorelDRAW

Easy & fast pasting in coreldraw 

• Open file & check RGB item & convert into CMYK.
• Convert RGB black into CMYK black
• See all pages & group it pagewise or you can powerclip it. 

Just see below figure

• Bring all pages in pasteboard 
• Power clip in print size rectangle box
• If PowerClip is not enable you can ungroup object & select object drage by mouse
• Edit PowerClip & grow extra bleed under powerclip & finish powerclip

Set page size in which paper size you want print. As i using 18 x 12". Drage guideline vertical & horizontal, select guideline & press ( p ) for center to page. See below figure.

Arrange  page squance as you need (Front & Back, Work & Turn & Work & Tumble).

Cutmarks in layout

• Set Nude Offset 0.25" 
• Press key F5 (Freehand tool) & draw a line 
• Give size (0.125") & set outline color C=100, M=100, Yellow=100 & Black=100. 
• Select cut line & select top first object & press T & L (top align & left align)
• Now select cut line & press once top arrow key for mark position.
• Now press + key from numeric keypad for duplicate
• select duplicate cutmark & top IInd object together & press L for left align
• Do it till last

Open extra bleed in layout

• Ungroup all objects
• select those object which pages you poweclip & pres Ctrl + Q for curve rectange.
• Press F10 key & select left side's point & press Left Arrow key.
• Do same in all side & bleed will open which in extra powerclip.

Place registration mark & CMYK mark in vertical center in both side (Left & Right) for printing alignment as given in below : -

Click in image for large view

Shortcut keys : Center to page ( p ), Left in object ( L ), Right in object ( R ), Top in object ( T ), Bottom in object ( b ).

Note :

1. Group object first. 
2. First select which object u want align & than select another object that alignment you want.