Specifications

PRINTER DRIVER CONTROLS
Section 2-7
CorelDRAW X3
1. Make sure that you have installed all Service Releases and software patches from Microsoft. For
Windows 2000, install Service Pack 3. If you are reading this document from the ULS Windows
Printer Driver CD, as a service to you, you can find the file on this CD. There is an update available
for Windows XP included in the ULS Windows Printer Driver CD, but it is not mandatory that you
install it. For the latest releases, check Microsoft’s website, www.microsoft.com
. Please contact
Microsoft if you have any questions regarding these upgrades. ULS is not responsible for any
problems as a result from the usage of these patches.
2. If you have not already done so, install CorelDraw on your computer, but do not open it yet.
3. It is important that your version of CorelDraw is updated with the latest patches and service releases.
For the latest patches and updates go to CorelDraw’s website, www.corel.com
. As of the date of this
publication there are no updates available for CorelDraw X3. Be sure to check for any updates
from time to time to keep your version up to speed. Please contact CorelDraw if you have any
questions regarding these upgrades. ULS is not responsible for any problems as a result from the
usage of these patches.
4. The ULS Windows Printer Driver must be loaded before continuing. Please refer to the
Computerized Controls manual on how to install the driver. If you have already installed the printer
driver, you will need to re-insert the ULS Printer Driver Disk back into your CD drive at this time.
5. Using Windows Explorer, locate the file named “ULS.CPL” and “ULS.PAL” on the ULS Windows
Printer Driver CD, and copy these files over to the C:\Program Files\Corel\Corel Graphics SUITE X3
(13)\Languages\EN\Custom Data\Palettes folder. Note: ULS.CPL may not show up with a .CPL
file extension. It may be listed as ULS with “Control panel extension” shown as a detail. If
you own a VersaLASER the name of the file is VersaLASER.CPL.
6. Open CorelDraw and start a new graphic.
7. In the main menu at the top of the screen, click on “Window”, then “Color Palettes”, and then click on
“None”. Once again click on “Window”, then “Color Palettes”, and then click on “Open Palette”. After
the “Open Palette” pop-up box appears, double-click on "ULS.CPL". The color palette will now appear
on the right side of the screen. Note: You can use either the ULS.CPL palette or the ULS.PAL
palette, however, to use the ULS.PAL palette you must first select the PAL file type in the open
palette screen.
8. 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.
9. 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-300 machine. If you would like the scale to be displayed in tenths, choose “10 per Tick” in the “Tick
Division” drop-down list box.
10. While still in the “Options” dialog box, double-click on “Global” to expand the list. Double-click on
“Printing” to expand the list. Now click on “Driver Compatibility”. Make sure that the laser system's
name is displayed in the printer drop-down list. In the settings specific for this driver dialog box, make
sure that ALL the check boxes are UNCHECKED. Now click on “OK” to close the “Options” dialog
box.
11. 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 “OK”. Click the down arrow in the Color dropdown box to expand the list and click
on the color red. Click the down arrow in the “Width” dropdown box to expand the list and click
“Hairline”. The units can be “Inches”, “millimeters” or anything else you prefer. Click “OK to close the
Outline Pen dialog box.
12. In the top menu, click “Tools”, and then click “Color Management”. Click on the down arrow to
expand the “Settings” dropdown list. Click “Color Management Off”, and then click “OK”.
13. Finally, at the top of the screen, click on “Tools”, then “Save settings as Defaults”.
14. The setup defaults for CorelDRAW X3 are now complete. Whenever you start a new document, all of
the default settings that we had setup will automatically apply to the new document.