
Special Applications Guide 8-5
Color Bitmaps
The driver handles color bitmaps the same as grayscale bitmaps. Since color bitmaps use
more memory, they are unnecessary and are therefore NOT recommended. Many software
programs have a difficult time interpreting large color bitmaps. They sometimes can crash your
computer or send scrambled images to the laser system. It is much better to avoid using color
bitmaps altogether. You can scan color photographs by using the grayscale mode or if it is
already color, convert it to a grayscale or monochrome bitmap in your bitmap image-processing
program.
Using Print Merge in CorelDRAW 8 and 9
The print merge function is part of CorelDRAW, but it is not part of the standard menu system.
The command must be added by customizing the menu.
Open CorelDRAW and start a new document. Click TOOLS then OPTIONS. A new window will
appear. On the left side of this window, click CUSTOMIZE and then MENUS. Near the center
of this window, click the + box next to FILE & LAYOUT, then click the + box next to FILE. A list
of commands will appear below. Scroll down to PRINT & MERGE, then just to the right, click on
the ADD button. Next, scroll down to the bottom of the items listed on the left column of this
window and click DOCUMENT. The center of the window will change with an empty box called
SAVE OPTIONS AS DEFAULTS FOR NEW DOCUMENTS. Click on the empty box (which
adds a check mark in the box) and make sure all the boxes that opened up below it have check
marks in them. Then click OK at the bottom of the window. The command PRINT MERGE will
now be an item that can be selected under the FILE menu on the top of the screen.
In order to use print merge, the following process must be used. First, a file must be set up in
CorelDRAW with variables (numbers) as shown in Figure 1. The font used for the numbers will
be the font that is merged and
printed. Also, the numbers
should be CENTER
JUSTIFIED, so that the text
that is merged is aligned
correctly.
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