I think that I may have discovered where the problem lies, regarding my last observation (395x500).

When in "Template/centered" mode, corner marks are apparently placed "relative" to the actual image. When that image is moved in the "full page editor", corner marks will also move. So they will no longer mark the outer edges of the working space. Not a problem persé.

However: they will not move further than the margin of the paper (in my printer that is 3 mm) and hence they can loose their exact distance. Some markers can move freely, some cannot. I wonder whether this is intended behaviour.

So when I moved my image by 11,5 mm to the top of the top (long side) of the paper, the corner marks only moved 8.5 mm. And since I had "Snap" set to 1 mm, I effectively lost 5 mm on the top side (and of course none at the bottom side). That left me with 395x500 mm between the corner marks.

Guide lines and crop marks will stay put, even after moving the actual image. So they seem to be placed "absolute" to the working space. Guide borders seem to behave like Corner marks.

Best regards,

Mees

Aaah, you've got me there. I did not go as far as the preview mode, but now I have. I do see the corner marks on my preview and I actually printed this on my Canon Pro-1000.

We're getting closer to the end but are not there quite (yet). The preview looks good, but... the actual size of the corner marks on the physical print is 395x500 mm (although the working size is set to 400x500). So: there is a difference of 5 mm in heigth, but the width is spot on. What could be the cause of this difference in heigth, while the width is exactly right?

Dear Mike,

Thank you very much for this video. What an magnificient service you deliver to someone who only uses your program since a couple of months.  I'll spread the word as much as I can. By the way: I was pointed to QImage by watching video's of Jose Rodriguez and Rusty Nelson, so a big thank you to them as well.

Your video explains everything very clearly. I could copy every of your actions on my own computer and yes : it works fine.

However: still a few questions remain:

• Guide lines, guide borders, crop marks do appear on the (edges of the) newly set working space (400 x 500) as shown in your video. But corner marks do not appear on the edges of the workingspace, but on the edges of the actual image (297x420).
  
• When I activate "Center on Physical page"(under Edit -> Preferences -> Print and Page formatting -> Page margins),  guide lines, guide borders, crop marks are a bit off the newly set working space. Corner marks are still on the actual image, like before. Am I overlooking something or did I (by accident) stumble upon a bug?
• In this case: will the image itself now be centered on the physical page, inside the working space or within the guide lines?

Once again: thank you helping me this far. Looking forward to any answer to my last questions.

Best regards from The Netherlands,

Mees

I appreciate all suggestions (thank you for this lively discussion), but at the same time: to me (being a newbie here) it is (more than) a tad confusing. So please: excuse me for asking stupid questions (and being a bit blunt), but back to square 1 please. I consider Mike's latest addition as such.

My image (in Photoshop) has dimensions of 4961 x3508. It is cropped in Photoshop to exactly 420 x 297 mm (A3 at 300 ppi). This is saved as a jpg. I now open QI and select A2 as media size (in the Printers and Settings tab). I select as per Mike suggestion (1) : "template/centered"; my screen is now as in Screenshot 1.

What setting should be used to "Add your 297 x400 print"? If I use "original size", I get Screenshot 2. All of a sudden the actual image is now 294 x 210 (A4) size @ 424ppi, but it has a red line around it at A3 size. What am I doing wrong???

Nevertheless: I set this as "Set this as the new working space". Where do I choose 400 x 500 as the "new working space"? As you can notice in  screenshot 2, this is not available. Should I go under "Custom" or where?

Although I selected "Corner Marks" (I can't find "Mark Corners"), in a soft proof, these marks are not visible.

Obviously: I'm missing something (to say the least). Can anyone clear this for me?

Thank you all for the tips and answers. I've tried them and they were helpfull. I now understand better how all this can be achieved. But they all have disadvantages: you either almost double the required time (sheet has to be fed twice through the printer) or you have to process the image in PS.

Imho the most convenient way would  be to have in QI the possibility to manually place "guides" (like in Photoshop) to the page/paper. These guides should then also have the option to be printable in full, dotted, coloured, corners only or not at all. And of course: when printed in full, they should not go "over" the image(-s).

Is this anything I can put forward as a request? Because I'm sure many other people encountered this "problem" (and dealed with it by manually placing marks with a pen and ruler).

Dear Mike,

Thank you for your very swift and helpfull reply.

I use a CANON ImageProGraf Pro-1000. It does not have a roll-feeder, but works with cut sheets only. I'm preparing an exhibition for my photoclub and that is why all prints have to be 400x500 mm. Only one print (A-3 size) per page, obviously.

Cutting the sheets beforehand would not make much difference: you still have to measure by hand where exactly to trim (I use a Rotatrim Pro M-42).

Your suggestion to print an empty template does do the job, but it has the disadvantage that every sheet has to be feeded twice. So: that almost doubles the time. By the way: corner marks are not printed (on my printer) with an empty template although they do appear on a softproof (is this because they are inside the printed area?), however guidelines are printed OK. But: when cutting the horizontal margin, you also loose the vertical guideline (since guidelines are outside the cutted/trimmed area  )

Best regards,

Mees

Any other suggestion?

I'm new here, so my question my have answered already, but I could not find the answer in this forum.

Currently I'm printing on A-2 size sheets (420 x 594 mm), that have to be trimmed afterwards to fit exactly 400 x 500 mm. This means trimming off 10 mm on both top/bottom sides and 47mm on both left/right sides (or of course 20mm from the bottom and 94mm from right side).

The actual image is A-3 size and is centered on the page/paper.

Is there (in QImage Ultimate) an easy way to print cutting/trimming lines at the exact position of the required trimming?