Printing film positive w/AccuRIP thru Corel Draw question

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Printing film positive w/AccuRIP thru Corel Draw question

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I just installed my Epson 1400 and AccuRIP software. I printed the test page on film and it looked great. Now when I print through Corel Draw on film it comes out looking 80% halftone. I tried different droplet weight and changed print resolution but it doesn't change anything. I am selecting AccuRip to Epson 1400 in the print box also. Any suggestions? Please keep in mind that I am a rookie to all this.
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Re: Printing film positive w/AccuRIP thru Corel Draw questio

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Ok, I got that problem taken care of but a new one arose. Now when I print the text/image, it is inside a rectangle that is about 5% halftone. I don't want a background and it doesn't show on my computer screen. Only when it prints. I've printed about 20 sheets so far but it's always there no matter what I've tried. :x
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Re: Printing film positive w/AccuRIP thru Corel Draw questio

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I’ve been trying to get some assistance on your first question there. As I am not an expert graphic artist with knowledge of all software I can’t help much here. I do not use AccuRIP currently. I was hoping someone would jump in here and help you out. But I have asked for some help directly so maybe they will come through for us here. Otherwise I hope anyone reading this that could help out would take the time to post :)

Also I use mostly Illustrator :(

Maybe this website could help out:

http://www.softwareforscreenprinterstec ... wledgebase
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Re: Printing film positive w/AccuRIP thru Corel Draw questio

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Actually, it's a file that was emailed to me. I vectorized it. It's strange that during my 1st issue I didn't have the background problem. Then when I got that solved it has a little background. It doesn't show on my computer screen, only when I print. Thank you for the help.
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Re: Printing film positive w/AccuRIP thru Corel Draw questio

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That issue is fixed thanks to Ryonet's awesome tech support by phone. I needed to view in wireframe to see the background. Then ungroup and select then delete the unwanted area. Thanks again for the help everybody.
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