CONTENTS Driver Installation & Setup Section 1 Page 1-2 Installing & setting up the Epson Stylus 4450 Printer CorelDRAW setup Section 2 Page 3-4 Installing & setting up the Xpres Subli-Print colour profile Printing Section 3 Page 4 Printing with the Xpres Subli-Print colour profile...
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5. Then click on the advanced tab to setup the necessary options for Subli-Print profiles. 2. Right click on the Epson Stylus Pro 4400/50 Printer Icon and select Properties from the context menu. 6. Select the settings as shown below:...
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Configuring the Epson Stylus Pro 4450 Printer Driver for Subli-Print .ICC Profiles 8. Type Subli-Print in the Name Field and click Save. Note: You don’t have to use Subli-Print as the name for this setting; you can use any name that will work for your process.
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Setting up CorelDRAW 10 + Before you start this section you will need to download the Xpres Subli-Print colour profile from the Xpres website. The address is www.xpres.co.uk/tech_support/downloads You can also find the profile on the Subli-Print CD supplied with the bulk feed system.
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(diagram 1). Diagram 1 The Epson 4400 properties will now show (diagram 2). Ensure the Subli-Print setting is highlighted. If it is not click on 'Subli-Print' from the drop down list. Then click OK. Now click on the Misc tab (diagram 3) and ensure the Subli_Print_4450_V1 is ticked.
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The genuine Epson inks supplied with the printer are not required, please store these with your printers documentation for future use. Do not insert the original Epson inks into bays 1, 2, 3 and 4. Only insert the Subli-Print cartridges into these bays.
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Working with templates In this section you will learn how to open a sublimation template, import an image and use the power clip tool to fit the image to the template. For this exercise we will use the 9cm² square coaster. If you have had an installation by an Xpres engineer, you will find the templates in a folder on your desktop called 'Xpres'.
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Working with templates continued Diagram 1 If your image does not fit the power clip correctly first time, right click on the image and choose 'Edit Contents' from the drop down menu (diagram 1). You can also click on Effects > Power Clip > Edit Contents.
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Introducing CorelDRAW & its tools CorelDRAW is an extremely powerful program of which you will probably only need to use half of the tools and features of the program. In this section we will introduce you to the tools in CorelDRAW and what they do and also take you through the most common tasks you will need to complete in CorelDRAW.
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CorelDRAW's most common tools The Pick Tool This is the main tool that you will use in CorelDRAW, it is used for manipulating anything onscreen in the main window and also for selecting and using any of the other tools, holding the left mouse button and dragging a box will select anything within the area that you drag over, clicking an object onscreen with a single left mouse button click will select individual objects.
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Common CorelDRAW tasks continued Sizing images There are many ways to resize an object in CorelDRAW. You can click and drag the selection handles around the object by using the pick tool. Property bar Object Non-proportional Object Scale position scaling/sizing size Selection factor...
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General troubleshooting and tips Useful CorelDRAW tips To ensure CorelDRAW performs at it's best, click on Tools > Options, click on 'snap to objects' and un-tick the 'snap to objects on (ALT+Z)'. Now click on the + next to 'Text' and click on 'Quick correct'. Un-tick all five boxes. Depending on your system memory you can increase the memory usage available to CorelDRAW (default 25%).