Troubleshooting guide

4-18 Computerized Controls
CorelDRAW 8
• Load CorelDRAW into your computer system.
• Using Windows Explorer, locate the C:\Corel\Graphics8\Custom\Palettes folder. Place the
ULS Printer Driver Disk into your floppy disk drive. Access the floppy drive and find a file
called "ULS.CPL" copy this file over to the "Palettes" folder.
• While still in Explorer, locate a file called "corelapp.ini" located in the
C:\Corel\Graphics8\Config folder. Double-click on the file it will open up in Notepad. Scroll
down past the semi-colons to the [Config] header. Then scroll down 6 lines to the line that
reads "Fontrasterizer=1". Change the "1" to a "0" (this is a zero, not an o). Save this file and
then close Notepad.
• Start CorelDRAW and start a "New Graphic".
• In the main menu at the top of the screen, click on "View", then "Color Palette", and then
"Load Palette". After the "Palette" pop-up box appears, double-click on "ULS.CPL". The
color palette will now appear on the right side of the screen.
• On the "Property Bar", click on the "Landscape" orientation (the sideways rectangle). If you
would like the drawing units in metric, choose "millimeters" from the drop down list. Now
type in the page width and height that matches your laser platform.
• We now need to adjust the vertical ruler, on the left side of the screen, to match the rulers in
the laser system. To do this, we need to adjust the ruler's vertical origin. Double-click directly
on the vertical (side) ruler. The "Options" dialog box will appear. In the "Vertical Origin" box,
type in the same height value as you did when you set up the page height in the previous
step. For example "12 inches" for an M Class machine. If you would like the scale to be
displayed in tenths, choose "10 per tick" in the "Tick Division" drop-down list box.
• While still in the "Options" dialog box, double-click on "Global" to expand the list. Then click
on "Color Management" and deselect (no check mark) "Calibrate colors for display". There
should be NO check marks at all for this option. Now click on "OK" to close the dialog box.
• The next step is to set the default value for the line width and color when drawing graphic
objects. To do this, click on the "Outline Tool", then the "Outline Pen Dialog" in the flyout.
With "Graphic" being the only one selected, click on "OK", then choose the color "Red" from
the "Color" box. Next to the "Width" box underneath the color box, click on the drop down list
box and choose "inches" as the units. Now, in the "Width" box click the lower-arrow button
several times to make the line width as small as it will go (.00005 inches), then click on
"OK". This sets the default line width for Graphics.