To start, here is my current setup:
CorelDRAW 17.6.0.1021 64 bit
Windows 10 64 bit
CPU is an Intel Skylake i5 running at 4.4ghz
32gb RAM
GeForce GTX 970
The printers I am using currently are:
Epson Photo Stylus 1400 and an HP Laserjet 5000n, the problem occurs on both printers.
This has been happening to me for quite some time and I've tried about everything I can think of (short of downgrading to an older version of Windows/Corel).
I'll attach an image. The film on the left is a bitmap image converted to a black/white bitmap with Vector text above for the work order number, center line, and details.
The image on the right was converted to black and white bitmap, including the text and center mark at the top.
As you can see, the line appears at the top of the bitmap that is being printed. Sometimes it will run down the side of the bitmap, other times the bitmap doesn't take up the entire design as this one does so it will print with randomly placed lines throughout the vector art, usually starting at one edge of the bitmap.
Has anyone else had this issue with bitmaps on Corel? Any idea where I should look next? It's been doing this on and off since I went to Windows 7 in 2009. I've tried about every print driver under the sun for the HP Laser printer, and the Epson just really started doing it when I went to Windows 10.
I've also tried opening the bitmaps in Photopaint to see if there is some mysterious edge showing that I could erase, but I've found nothing.
I can't be the only one with these issues?
I have been these with Corel Draw various versions for many years. I have never been able to pinpoint the cause whether scaling or b&w files with color attribute ti LIne and transparent background. It's only with about 50% of the b&w files and on occasion color files. I now work in Corel 6x in Win7. I find that if the top edge if the image file is edited with the node tool to conform to an object below in the image like vignetting an object inside the image with black background that line disappears. The printed ghost line seems to only appear if the top edge of the file is a straight line. A jagged edge edited with the node tool thwarts the line printing. My go to solution for years has been to just draw a white object over where the black line shows up, blocking it from printing. It's a real pain and i wish Corel would publish a user fix.
I have also had this problem for years. I also make my top edge conform to the drawing. I started getting the line when I went from my old Samsung laser printer to brother ink jets. I recently got 2 new HP laser printers to replace the Brothers and no longer have this problem. Still it is odd because I have tried using Draw 7,8 and 19 and they all had the same problem and more. In the end I am still using 5 with my own menu at the top of the page so I can see it. Corel is really the worst for not fixing problems they create.
really, the solution is fast and easy, just slect the image, right click / choose "object hinting"
Nope. Didn't work. See my above comment.
My response disappeared. Anyway my problem could be my Epson printers as the line does not show on a pdf. Tried the "object hinting" to no avail. I'll just keep blocking out the line with a white object until a fix appears. Cheers!