Bitmap Printing

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Hello,

Corel Draw v5.00.G1 on Win95c (4.00.095 C) and a HP2000C printer.

I've recently had to do some resolution reduction to a large bitmap so that
it would print in CorelDraw. The file was 12" wide x 6" high at 300 dpi
saved as a TIFF, then imported into Draw on a legal size landscape page.
Text and various artwork were added.

When it prints, the bitmap is omitted. I reduced the file to 150 dpi and
that will print. So I can avoid this problem in the future.

What is the limit? What file size? What pixel size? What resolution?

Thanks!
Scott

[Jerry Sanderson [C_Tech]]

Scott -

>What is the limit? What file size? What pixel size? What resolution?

You're encountering a limitation of the printer and its driver, rather than
one with Draw itself. You can try flipping the following switch in
CORELPRN.INI to see if it straightens things out for you:

DumpEntireBitmap=<0 or 1>

Some non-PostScript printers will run out of memory when sending bitmap
information. Some printer drivers allocate enough space in printer memory to
hold the entire bitmap, but send only one line of information at a time. After
the driver allocates this memory several times, as the individual lines are
being processed, the printer runs out of memory. This switch controls whether
bitmaps will be sent to non-PostScript printers one line at a time or as a
single unit. Setting this switch to 1 means that the entire bitmap information
is sent to the printer at once.

0 - Sends 64K blocks of information at a time 1 - Sends entire
bitmap at once

Default: 1

Jerry
C_Tech Volunteer