Photo on a plain background has a "box" around it

Ian R

Hi

I'm using an Epson Stylus Photo R800 with CorelDraw 11.

I'm having trouble with one particular image.

On screen it looks perfect and as expected but when printing there is a
slight problem.

I'm creating a brochure which has a plain background with a 10% black fill.
On top of that I have imported a photo. Originally the photo had a white
background but I changed that to 10% black to match.

On screen they blend perfectly and there is no discernable edge on the
imported photo.

But when I print the photo has a darker grey background so there is an
obvious square surrounding the photo.

So is this a problem with CorelDraw or the printer driver for the Epson?

Any suggestions on how to resolve this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your time.

Ian

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"Ian R" <> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I'm using an Epson Stylus Photo R800 with CorelDraw 11.
>
> I'm having trouble with one particular image.
>
> On screen it looks perfect and as expected but when printing there is a
> slight problem.
>
> I'm creating a brochure which has a plain background with a 10% black
> fill. On top of that I have imported a photo. Originally the photo had a
> white background but I changed that to 10% black to match.
>
> On screen they blend perfectly and there is no discernable edge on the
> imported photo.
>
> But when I print the photo has a darker grey background so there is an
> obvious square surrounding the photo.
>
> So is this a problem with CorelDraw or the printer driver for the Epson?
>
> Any suggestions on how to resolve this would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> Ian

Is it possible for you to create the picture with a transparent background?
If you can then when you place the picture over the 10% black, the
background of the brochure should replace the background of the picture
seamlessly.