Expert: Ran - 2/3/2009

Question
sir, whenever i try to do service bureau, it says out of memory and its not doing the service bureau completely.. so please help me... thank you..

Answer
You have not given enough information to enable much idea of which part of the process is causing the problem.

Meanwhile, the Service Bureau routine is actually quite straightforward and doesn't do anything you can't do manually. It:
• creates an output folder
• creates a list of fonts used in your document and optionally copies the font files into the output folder to generously "give" to the bureau(!)
• creates a PDF in the output folder
• copies the CDR file to the output folder

Assuming your system gets as far as the simple task of creating the font list and copying the fonts from the Windows fonts folder, it will be failing either on PDF creation or saving the CDR file. The most likely of these is PDF creation because it is extremely complex and needs plenty of memory! See if you can create a PDF on its own: (File/Publish to PDF). (Try closing all other programmes to maximise your available memory).

If this works but you still can't use the Service Bureau routine I might be tempted to eliminate a number of possible, though unlikely, factors by uninstalling CorelDraw entirely, then restarting your PC, and then installing again. It will only take 20 minutes, which is probably far less time that you have already spent tearing your hair out!

In fact, professional modern service bureaux are unlikely to want to muck about with your CDR file and certainly they don't want to install your fonts onto their workstations. The only thing they need is a PDF, prepared with the options set correctly (in particular, fonts embedded, adequate resolution and CMYK colours). If your version of CorelDraw allows you to produce PDF/X1-A, the standardised format for press output, this will probably make the printers very happy because it converts RGB objects to CMYK. (The conversion process can alter the colours slightly and the appearance of the PDF will be a more accurate match than the colours on your screen). Try (File/Publish to PDF) and click the "Settings..." button. Change the PDF type in the "Compatibility" box on the General tab.

Ideally they will want the PDF file itself to be the correct size, and not to find your artwork stuck in the middle of an A4 page. To do this, make your page size the same size as your artwork (Layout/Page setup) and the PDF will be produced the same size as your page size.

I recommend sending a JPG along with the PDF, so they have something to refer to just in case the PDF doesn't open correctly on their system (File/Export and select JPG in the "Save as type" box). A resolution of 200-300 dpi will suffice. Name the JPG file "JPG for proofing only.jpg" because it is not unknown for them to ignore the PDF and print the JPG, doh!