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TrueLoveDesign · September 25th, 2009

I have searched for an answer for this question for days.. Is there certain a plug in for me to "print preview" in Inkscape?

I love this program but I can seem to get a print preview of my work before I send to my Epson 1400.

Thank you all for the many late nights of learning and reading all the threads..Ive learned so much.

Melinda
True Love Design

PositiveDave · September 25th, 2009

There's usually an option in the Epson driver (to preview prior to printing?)

TrueLoveDesign · September 25th, 2009

I've looked but with no luck to preview in the printer settings iteself.
Theres gotta be a way to preview before you print though..

I cant figure this one out. anyone pleease

mcwmcw · November 28th, 2009

I had the same prob.
go to file and select print-dont hit the icon in menu bar- the print window should pop up and you need to select advanced preferences- from there go through the various preference windows and one should have a box in it which you need to check that says "preview before printing"- or something like that. then select print. after a couple of seconds a window should pop up with your print preview and from there you can print or cancel.

anyway, thats the way i did it. hope this works for you.

TrueLoveDesign · November 28th, 2009

I see what your saying,although that extra window doesnt pop up for me

thanks for your help
Ill keep at it, or but Corel X4$$$

PositiveDave · November 29th, 2009

Have you tried printing to pdf? You can install an open source pdf printer such as pdfcreator, that will give you a chance to view the plates?

esentuals · December 11th, 2009

I recommend exporting as a pdf to preview your final plate rather then doing a straight print.

Its one extra step but still worth it since inkscape is an easy program to use.

TrueLoveDesign · December 12th, 2009

That sounds great, but I can only see the 'export as bitmap' option. What am I missing?

jsf · December 12th, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by TrueLoveDesign


	That sounds great, but I can only see the 'export as bitmap' option. What am I missing?

What Dave is trying to say is that you should install a software that has a .PDF writing, for example is Adobe Acrobat Pro which installs a .PDF writer/printer as an additional printer for your output which is ".PDF"

If you have MS Office Pro, your computer is installed with an additional printer that generates a softcopy of the print job whenever this printer is selected to do the output like "ONENOTE"

Goodluck.

TrueLoveDesign · December 13th, 2009

ok, thank you so much for explaining that. Makes sense now!
This forum is a lifesaver.. thank you
Happy Holidays
Melinda
www.truelovedesign.com

PositiveDave · December 13th, 2009

Actually there is an open source pdf printer called PDFCreator:
PDFCreator | Get PDFCreator at SourceForge.net
I have Acrobat Professional CS4 and I still use PDFCreator!

PositiveDave · December 13th, 2009

btw for PostScript in Inkscape you usually need Ghostscript to be installed.

rco6oza · December 26th, 2011

hi can anyone help i am new to this just got a vinyl cutter and want to make t shirts for my boy he is a street dancer so need some cool t shirts with street dance things on them was told to use inkscape but cant get the hang of how to work it thanks

charles95405 · December 26th, 2011

Romano....since Inkscape is free there is no official manual or users guide but there are some tutorials on YouTube and there are some 'how to' books in the larger book stores like Barnes and Noble. You might look at Amazon or eBay. It s not a program you learn overnight. If one is we to design,there is a substantial learning curve. Keep at it, if I can do anyone can

Google 'Inkscape tutorials' and you will get at least 7 sites with various tutorials

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