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1  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: v2024.100 issues/comments on: November 22, 2023, 09:23:59 PM
Thanks, Mike……Happy Thanksgiving!!

Edit….

Tooltip greatly improved;
Thanks for adding background ‘pick with dropper’
2  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: Fill area outside image on: November 20, 2023, 12:09:40 AM
Thanks, Mike

BTW….is there a way to change (increase) the font size of the pop up tips.  Real small on my 4K display….all the other text sizes are ok

PS…is there a way, with the background color, to sample a color in the image?
3  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Fill area outside image on: November 19, 2023, 08:12:18 PM
After placing an uncropped image into an 8.5x11 page, I have white space top and bottom.  What is an easy way to fill that area with color (black)?  The uneven mat seems to need me to calculate the width of the space.  I’d like ‘easy-spezy’ 😀
4  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: New AI Printer Feature on: August 13, 2023, 11:05:02 PM
It’s active.  Not sure what question you are asking.  aAI or profiles??  Have you tried Qimage?  Suggest you do, then have a better basis to ask a quest.
5  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: PRO-1000 forced manual feed on: August 12, 2023, 08:03:05 PM
I have had a 1000 for years and knew, going in, that it did not print 4x6.  This was fine with me as I was never a fan of borderless as it ‘gums up’ the printer innards.  If I needed 4x6, I would print multiples on 8.5x11 and cut.  I did the same with greeting cards as I like them to be borderless (and most of the card stock sizes would no print borderless on 1000 anyway).

My wife likes to have images (prints) in hand (we are older).  I finally got lazy and got a Epson ET-8550 just so I could easily print 4x6 (and other stuff) from computer (qimage, LR) or direct from iPhone.  RR has profiles for this printer, but, I see, not for Pecos.
6  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: Automated job log on: July 09, 2023, 11:18:30 PM
Data is managed via the "Utilities", "Manage Disk Usage" option in Qimage where you can get rid of stuff, for example, more than 6 months old, etc.  In fact, maybe you used that and the job log was checked when you used it?

Regards,
Mike

Never knew that was there.  It was set to ‘6 months’, but none of the 4 items (including job log) were check….and I had not ever clicked’delete’.

I’m pretty sure the max. Job log was set to 100 and the #unclog items built up and deleted the (important) print jobs.

I am not overly concerned with the amount of disk space, which seems relatively small.  However, if I need to clear ‘job log’ disk space, I would like the option to delete the #unclog jobs (all, 12 month to 1 month) and keep all the “real” print jobs.  I guess the alternative is to go directly to the log folder.
7  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: Automated job log on: July 08, 2023, 05:50:42 PM
Hi John,
Check your Seettings in the Edit menu, see screen shot attached.
Terry

Checked it. Seems to have been set at ‘All’, but it’s possible I clicked that while selecting ‘job log’.  

Jobs and unclogs are cut off (last date) about same time, so action was apparently for max of 100 and job I wanted was passed that.  

Since I had not been printing much lately 80% - 90% of jobs listed were unclog jobs.  The number of unclog listings pushed the ‘important’ ones off the list. Is there (can there be) a way to limit number of unclog jobs kept….say to 20 or 30?  I cannot see need to keep more than that many of the latest.  If ‘all’ is selected, the number of unclog jobs could get really large…..how would one clear these out?

EDIT:  Would it be possible to allow the ‘file details’ window at the bottom to be enlarged (in height)?  I have a 4K screen with lots of space to view list of jobs, but always have to go down an scroll details for each image when necessary


8  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Automated job log on: July 07, 2023, 08:02:50 PM
I know (pretty sure, but ‘older’ memory) that I printed an image within last 6 months ago.  It is not in list.  There are only about 10 images, the rest are ‘#Unclog….’

Is it possible a print job is not log do to some setting/action on my part?
Is there a maximum number of jobs that the list can contain?
Why log all the unclog prints (even though you seem to place them at end of list)?

Thanks, John
9  Technical Discussions / Printer Media / Re: Epson ET-8550 profiles for Canon and other papers on: February 06, 2023, 09:48:27 PM
Mike, just back to Qimage from the late 80’s! Got lifetime membership. Love the new Ultimate…New owner of the ET-8550. Any recommendations for Moab lasal photo matte 235 and juniper Baryta Rag 305? Also, Inkpress Luster and Matte 60? Thank you.

You probably will not find existing profiles for many of those papers.  I saw that Red River has ET-8550 profiles for (all?) their papers.  Many of these I have used an was happy with.
10  Technical Discussions / Printer Media / Re: Epson ET-8550 profiles for Canon and other papers on: January 17, 2023, 07:49:22 PM
Mike, are you able to get a 8550 profile for the Canon “Photo Paper Plus Glossy II”?

You and Fred convinced me to try the 8550 (great recommendation!!).  I had a big old box of these 4x6s and can now use them….but need profile.

Thx, John

I don't have any of that but did you try the profile for Canon platinum?  I bet that would work.

Regards,
Mike

Thanks, Mike.  I had not thought of using a different profile, but the remembered Canon & Epson don’t make their papers.  Tried Epson Ultra Glossy and it was very good…..maybe what appears as slight WB difference, if any.  This will allow me to have 4x6 loaded in cassette 1 and use via Epson iPad app….which only has Epson profiles.
11  Technical Discussions / Printer Media / Re: Epson ET-8550 profiles for Canon and other papers on: January 15, 2023, 10:29:57 PM
Mike, are you able to get a 8550 profile for the Canon “Photo Paper Plus Glossy II”?

You and Fred convinced me to try the 8550 (great recommendation!!).  I had a big old box of these 4x6s and can now use them….but need profile.

Thx, John
12  Mike's Software / Qimage / Re: Suggestion for installer on: December 29, 2021, 02:47:36 PM
I have to be honest: I don't see any use for this.  For something you do maybe once a week, it's not worth me maintaining double the amount of installers.  In addition, one installer currently does it all and it takes less than two seconds to hold your mouse in one spot and click "Yes" or "Next" repeatedly until the prompts are done.

Regards,
Mike

I agree.  I appreciate that you set it up so the ‘yes/next’ is always under the cursor.  Thx
13  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: v2022.100 issues/comments on: August 20, 2021, 06:57:46 PM
Mike, the size of the text in the ‘floating text properties’, that is in the box under ‘enter your text below’, does not seem to change as UI size is increased.  Do I need to change text size some other place?  On 4K monitor, it is real small.

That is intentional: the text in the dialog should always be the same size otherwise you will run into situations where you can't read it.  For example, you may be working with very large prints and you need a large font size in which case the font in the dialog may be so big that you can only see a few characters at a time.  Conversely when working with small fonts, you don't want them to be so small you can't see them.  That is why we have a dialog in the first place and you don't just type directly on the page: you want to be able to see what you are typing (see below).

The font size on that dialog is the same as the font size everywhere else in Qimage: if that is too small then you have your UI size set too small.  For 4K monitors, your UI size (under Edit, Preferences) should be at least 200%.

Regards,
Mike

I was not talking about changing with font changes, I agree with you there.

I have changed UI size to 125% & 150% and did not see any change to the size of text IN the box (white space). The info text of the properties window did change.

EDIT:  just tried 200% (which, to me, is too large).  The text in ‘enter your text…’ box stayed the same (small) size.
EDIT2: If you eventually scale the size of text in box with the UI, you may want to scale the box itself, accordingly.
14  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: v2022.100 issues/comments on: August 20, 2021, 05:30:34 PM
Mike, the size of the text in the ‘floating text properties’, that is in the box under ‘enter your text below’, does not seem to change as UI size is increased.  Do I need to change text size some other place?  On 4K monitor, it is real small.
15  Technical Discussions / Printers / Re: Adding Bleed on: August 20, 2021, 04:08:44 PM
Just a thought….

If REALLY needed, couldn’t he just add a 1 pixel white border?
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