Mike,
I hoped to get a reasonable answer, and you seem to have done that.

I appreciate the fact that you know the difference in PPI and DPi.

The Canon Pro 9000 II specifications do not mention PPI at all, only DPI --Upto 4800 x 2400 -- which is a multiple of both 300 and 600.

1.  Are you saying that the native resolution on the Pro9000 is 600 PPI?

2.  Does QI resample all images to that resolution?

3.  If there is a difference in the horizontal and vertical PPI spec, what does QI do?

Thanks,
Wil

That sounds like an argument instead of an answer.

Wil

RE: Canon 9000Pro

1.  It has been said that QI resamples the image to the printer native resolution.

2.  The native resolution of the Canon Pro9000 II is 300 PPI.

3.  The text in the preview window of QI shows:
     Canon Pro9000 II series
     Page 10.685 x 8.000 in. (600 x 600)

4.  If the native resolution of the printer is 300 ppi, why is QI showing 600 x 600?

5.  PPI is a single property.  Why does QI show what seems to be both a horizontal and vertical property?

Wil

Why can't we get videos that just work from QI instead of cluttering our computers with unwanted software.  Even Mike admits that there is a loss with the workarounds.

I'd think that after paying for QI-U, it would be better -- I doubt I'll being paying update fees.  Other software vendors can get videos that work out of the box (Lightroom, etc.).  Why not QI-U.

I'm becoming sorry that I paid the upgrade price.  So far, I see no advantage of QI-U over QI-S.   All I see with the updates are bug fixes, raw stuff, and image editing which I don't, and will never use.  Bug fixes should not require an update fee ever.

The main QI advantage has always been layout.  That seems to have been forgotten.  I'd like to see some real improvements in the layout section of QI.  QI isn't going take it in the RAW conversion, image editing, or DAM world.  I've used QI since 2001, and I am truly sorry to see where it is going.

Wil

They are much to slow to work on my system.  The lessor quality version takes three or four minutes to load.  Then I get about five seconds of video, and then another five minutes for the next five seconds to load.

A link to download to the computer would be helpful.

Too bad.
Wil

It's a strange problem.  I had just downloaded the initial QI-U the day before after purchase.  It downloaded and saved just fine and then installed without a hitch.

I tried to download and save the update three times with the same failure each time.  After reporting the problem here, I decided to try one more time and just select "Run" instead of "Save."  That did the trick.  It downloaded to a temp. folder and installed just fine.  The "Save" option seems to be the problem.

Wil

Win 7 64:

When I try to run QU11-108 I get an error message saying that it is not a valid Win32 application.

To All:

My favoriate quote.
"There's distortion in every communication.
I don't say what I think.
You don't hear what I say.
You don't think what you heard."

1.  If the OP is trying to print to a piece of paper that is 6.25 x 9, then the reported printable dimintions are correct.  There are areas on any "paper size" that the printer can't, and shouldn't, put ny ink.

2.  I assumed (makes an ass out of you and me) that the OP was trying to print a 6.25 x 9 image on a piece of 8.5 x 11 paper.

3.  Maybe the OP can supply the actual physical size of the paper.  Once knowing that, we can all be of greater help.  Paper with a physical size of 6.25 x 9 is really odd.

4.  To the OP:  Print sizes in QI is limited only by the printer!

Wil

Fred,

He said "Page Size window ", not "Page Window."  He was referring to the "Window,/Dialog Thing" in the print driver where he set the page size.  Perhaps the correct name is "Tab."

As to your comment, "Buy it and learn it, you wont regret it ..."  I've been that road too many times with very bad results -- never again!

Wil

There is absolutely no printer or printer driver reason why you can't print  6.25 x 9.0in images on 8.5 x 11 paper.  I had a Canon i9900 for several years and printed many different custom size prints in QI-S with no problems.  Great Printer!

I don't own QI-U.  The limitations on the trial were just too great for me to make a judgment.  The trial was limited to 14 days and only allowed four entries in the queue.  That  is more restrictive than any other software I have seen.  Since I have another life, 14 days expired before I could make a judgement, and since there are no refunds, I'll pass it by.

All of that was to say that I don't know how to help with QI-U, but I never had a problem in QI-S with custom sizes and the i9900.  Currently I have no problem with custom sizes in either QI-S or Lightroom 3.3.  If you can make custom sizes in other applications that work, the problem seems to be with QI-U.  It is possible that you set up an improper page size in the print driver while in QI-U.

I hope you are aware that 6.25 x 9 isn't a normal ratio.  You should crop it to that ratio before sending it ot QI if you want it work normally in QI.

Wil

Ray,

Your any my experiences are alike.  In the past, the images in Qimage were like those in PS, etc.  Like you, I use QI for printing only, so I already know what the image looks like.  When I first noticed this issue, I was afraid it would hurt the final print, but the good news is that it doesn't.  QI is still the best printing program on the planet.

Good Luck
Wil

Thanks for your efforts.

Qimage is the only software that has this problem.  It happens with any image no matter what the source --  Canon 5DII, 1D3, 10D, D30, Panasonic G,  many scanners, 8 and 16 bit TIFF, JPEG from conversion or the Internet, and on and on.  The ISO makes no difference with this problem -- ISO 100 is as bad as ISO 1600.  By the way, the problem is also present in soft proofing.

I know how to detect noise, and I try never to print images that have it.  This is not an image noise problem.  Lightroom and PS CS4 demonstrate that fact even at 200%. 

In addition, printing the same images with earlier versions of Qimage did not show this problem -- only the current ones.  I have printed a great deal in the past and introduced many to Qimage.  This is just a new Qimage problem with good images.

It is strange that the quality of the print is not hurt.

Thanks again
Wil

1.  HQ Preview is grayed out in the Full Page Editor.

2.  If I hover over the thumbnail and press the space bar, I get a full screen image that isn't sharp and has lots of noise.

3.  Imags are 16 (48) bit TIFF.  I don't use Qimage for raw files.  I consider it the best printing program on the planet, but not the best raw processor.

Because of health problems of my late wife, I have been away from printing with Qmage for some time.  These problems are new to me and are of great concern.

Thanks,
Wil

Thanks, but none of those actions improved the quality at all.  I don't remember this being an issue in the past.

Why do the images in the Preview and Full Editor look so bad?  On my calibrated monitor they are full of noise with very bad color.   The monitor and printer profiles are correctly specified. This doesn't happen with other software.

This problem has no effect on the prints, but makes any judgements about the quality of the images impossible in Qimage.

Wil