Many of our customers who own Roland printers need to know that their design files are prepared correctly for printing in new VersaWorks 6 RIP Software. Both Adobe Illustrator and CorelDRAW are favorites among educators as their design software of choice. There are differences in preparing Illustrator vs. CorelDRAW files for VersaWorks Software.
Adobe Illustrator
Roland held an informative webinar on standard and best practices for file creation and output with Adobe Illustrator software. It covers:
- The standard methods for importing files into VersaWorks 6
- Understanding the differences between Photoshop and Illustrator
- How to prepare digital files for printing
- How to properly save files and which file types to use for digital printing
CorelDRAW
If you prefer to use CorelDRAWÂ here are a few quick tips to keep in mind.
If you are creating a new project, make sure that your Primary Color Mode is set as RDG.
To edit a previous file to set as RGB instead of CMYK, go to Layout → Page Setup → General and select RGB.
The last (and most important!) step is to make sure you are saving the file as RGB. CorelDRAW tends to save everything as CMYK upon a clean install. To do this, select File → Publish to PDF and change the PDF presets to Archiving (RGB).
Doing this will allow you to load each of your files into VersaWorks 6 as RGB.
