Print & Cut- images not showing in print preview

HeatherM
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Re: Print & Cut- images not showing in print preview

Post by HeatherM »

sstehman wrote:Heather....here is a tutorial need. Could you explain this process further? "if you embed an image file in your svg file (using Inkscape ) that it will import with the svg file into SCAL3/eCAL? I do this all of the time with my digi stamps."
Sure, I can do that. Probably when I'm feeling a bit sharper.
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Re: Print & Cut- images not showing in print preview

Post by sstehman »

Hope you feel better soon. It is definitely making its rounds in our area.
Sandy in PA
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Re: Print & Cut- images not showing in print preview

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Hi Heather,
The print preview is in Scal. I've attached a screen capture of what the print preview looks like. I did print it to see what would come out, and it prints what is in the preview.
Craft edge support told me that I needed to try the newest SCAL Version 3.056, but it gave the same results. hmmm....
When you printed it, did the "Red Punch" type looked 3-d or was the "d" filled in and was it flat looking?
My printer is a canon pixma pro 9000 Mark II, I'll look on their site to see if I need a driver update!
And thanks Heather for all your help on this, I hope you're feeling better soon! Remember...rest is best!
-Lauren
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Re: Print & Cut- images not showing in print preview

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The first print with the older version of SCAL3 printed correctly and the text looked 3D. I updated to the Windows version 3.057 and tried it again. The scut file did not open correctly (things were misplaced and distorted) and when I imported the svg file the text wasn't 3D, though the image was there in the print out.
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Re: Print & Cut- images not showing in print preview

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O really?! Ok, maybe this IS a driver issue. I found a driver update for my printer, I'm so tempted to leave work early to update and test it out!
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Re: Print & Cut- images not showing in print preview

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I AM PRINTING!!!! :)
I emailed a friend from the That's Scrap forum my files, and she sent them back, she said I had the color and fill on the cut layer set to nothing, so she added a fill color and a line color and then selected all and saved.
I vaguely remember the rules on cut lines and their stroke/fill. I saw the cut preview show up on the cut layer, so I assumed it was all good.
Also, I updated the driver on my printer, yet the print preview hasn't changed and still looks like I am missing the majority of the business card; however, I hit print, and it prints perfectly now! I actually used SCAL V 3.053 as opposed to the newest one that customer support thought was the issue. I think I'll stick with this version, for now at least!
I plan on printing and cutting these this weekend and will be sure to share pics!

Thanks a million Heather :)
Lauren

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Re: Print & Cut- images not showing in print preview

Post by HeatherM »

Glad it's working for you. :D I'm pretty sure that it was a print driver issue rather than fill/stroke. Your original file printed and the cut preview was fine without them.

SCAL has always been pretty much fill/stroke blind. Only recent versions have even kept the original fill/stroke used in imported files.
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Re: Print & Cut- images not showing in print preview

Post by RedPunchDesign »

Yes! It's like magic....when it works ;)
Yeah I can't believe I didn't even think about the printer, that it would cause this issue. It should have crossed my mind after I got a new OS to update the driver. Lesson learned.
Very good call my friend!
Lauren

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