Hi,
I've got CorelDRAW Home & Student Suite X5 with SP1 installed on my Win7 x64 PC. My printer is Samsung SCX-3205 and drivers are updated to the latest version.
When I select print in DRAW it won't print - it only prints to file (DRAW can't open the .prn file afterwards, it crashes or gives me an error message or both). I simply can't get it to print directly to printer.
Print works just fine in Corel PHOTO-PAINT X5 and I had never problems with printing my files directly from DRAW in any previous version.
Any help appreciated.
Dan
Problem finally solved. Clean install without applying service pack.
But now I have another problem, I can't print to file...
It is possible to install a printer specifically to print to file. I've not tried it, but presumably its there for a reason.
In XP you would do that by:
Thanks Harry. Yes, it certainly is possible to make it work, but I was referring to the option usually available in the print dialog. Maybe that is another H&S ver. missing feature.
I just discovered your thread (CorelDRAW X5 H&S can't print) and have the same problem.I notice you said you'd fixed it, and mention "Clean install without applying service pack.".I installed from the CD but have no service pack anyway. If you've a moment to elucidate I'd be very grateful - it's driving me nuts !Thanks, Ralph D
Hello ralph; You can try the "F8" trick, hold down the the F8 key and start CorelDraw that will do a reset. And you can put the CD in and do a "Repair"
George
Hi |George,
Thanks for your note. Sadly a "repair" wouldn't do the biz - the issue is that the necessary piece of code is not there on the H&S version.
It isn't some kind of installation error, it's a mod made to the version.
R
FosterCoburn said: As the Home and Student version is not licensed to be used for business, some features related to business were removed.
I'm sure most H&S users already know that - but I'd guess that many others (like me) would feel that printing the output from your graphics app is NOT a uniquely "business" activity.
It also begs the question of whether it makes sense to have a Help file that describes operations that are not possible because the function doesn't exist in the software.
Many other mfrs (eg Adobe) sell "Lite" versions of their products, but those are not anonymously crippled, they have their own Help files - and they sell for realistically lower prices.
FosterCoburn said:In this case we are talking about separations and I consider that a business function and understand completely why it was removed from the H&S version
Actually this thread is about H&S CorelDRAW X5 - that only prints to file - it got subverted along the way !!
>> "Most of us have never used the H&S version " ...
and yet Corel Support point users to this forum, maybe they don't realise that there is some strange elitism at work here !
"Elimination" wow - that's a bit heavy
I don't understand why you are being so aggressive! I don't want the full feature set. I merely want to know what the version that I have will/can do.
Whilst it is clear that you do not, or cannot help in that regard, it would perhaps be sensible to save your ire for some situation in which it would be more appropriate.
It is not an unreasonable expectation for a published and purchased piece of software (like any other commodity) to be "of merchantable quality and fit for purpose". In fact in my country, that is the law.
I hardly think that you need to take arms to defend Corel against some imagined slight - and since you are unable to be of service to them or to me, perhaps you would care to leave the subject of this thread to any folk who may be better informed and perhaps a little less mean-spirited.
Ralph