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61  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate Wish List / Re: Ability to add simple label or title to bottom of photos on: January 17, 2024, 12:40:31 PM
This function is already there (in two ways) from the full page editor:

(1) Click on the "Layout" tab in the full page editor top right
(2) Under the "Text" group, you can enter text in "Annotation" that will appear under the selected print(s) OR
(3) Click on ""Add floating text" and you can position the text anywhere you like

Regards,
Mike
62  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: Print info #2 on: January 13, 2024, 02:13:43 AM
Profile is a Print Info option so you'd have to turn on print info and select the option for media, size, and profile.  Then you can add floating text that shows the file name.  So you have to use a combination of both print info and floating text to do that.

Regards,
Mike
63  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: Auto Rotate on: January 11, 2024, 08:24:43 PM
Qimage can't see feet or heads.  All it knows is you have a square image and you don't want it rotated on the page.  So when it picks 10x8 landscape orientation for the print size to leave a larger open space on the page, it's going to leave the image upright and make a landscape crop because no matter which way it crops, the same amount is going to have to be cropped off anyway.

Just tell it you want to rotate the crop: open the full page editor, select that print, and on the Cropping tab top right, check the "Rotate" box.

Regards,
Mike
64  Technical Discussions / Computer Software / Re: Install qimage in both PS and PS beta on: January 11, 2024, 08:11:36 PM
The full version of PS doesn't update the Windows registry if you have the beta installed and leave it there.  This is a decade old Adobe bug where the beta masquerades as a full version so then the full version doesn't know to update the Windows registry unless you first uninstall the beta.

You have to uninstall the PS beta and then uninstall and reinstall the full version of PS.  Then run the Qimage installer again.

Regards,
Mike
65  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: Printing blank pages with print driver set to b&w on: January 10, 2024, 09:49:12 PM
If the print preview looks good, there's a dislink between the driver and the printer.  The driver displays what it is about to send to the printer and then the printer doesn't render that: that's outside the scope of Qimage when the printer doesn't print what the driver is sending to it.

Just in case, you could try holding the Shift key while you click on the "Properties" button to open the driver (this forces Qimage to forget any prior/saved driver settings).  Then in the driver, set your BW mode and all other settings manually.  Then try to print after that.

Mike
66  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: Print Info on: January 10, 2024, 07:09:56 PM
Here you go...

https://youtu.be/t9BzQGB53z4?si=XB82iGVCeV6dNkXK

Regards,
Mike
67  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: Printing blank pages with print driver set to b&w on: January 10, 2024, 07:08:38 PM
Report back regarding what you see on the print preview.  And double check that nozzle check pattern: I could retire from Qimage if I had a nickel for every time a customer said the nozzle check was fine... and it ended up that one channel was completely missing.  When one is missing, nothing prints in that spot so it's not obvious like it would be if just some of the nozzles were misfiring.

Mike
68  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: Printing blank pages with print driver set to b&w on: January 10, 2024, 01:12:33 PM
Did the printer sound like the head was moving and the paper advanced slowly like it normally would?  Or did it just spit the page out.  If the former, your black ink channel is likely clogged or not working.  You can also turn on print preview in the driver so the driver shows you a preview of what it should look like before it actually prints.  If that preview shows the B/W image but nothing prints, it's a hardware problem like ink channel not working.

Regards,
Mike
69  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: Auto Rotate on: January 10, 2024, 01:09:56 PM
Is it possible that this is the same issue I had years ago that Fred had to set me straight on?  Namely, that auto rotate is universally on or off only for images that are not yet in the queue. Once in the queue, it can be turned on or off on a per image basis. Sure miss Fred.

Me too: Fred knew how to wake up the forum even when none of us had anything to say.

The old "orientation lock" was global for all prints.  Once it was changed to "auto rotate", it's a button that works on a per-print basis like auto cropping, print size, borders, etc. making it consistent.

Regards,
Mike
70  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: Auto Rotate on: January 09, 2024, 06:33:16 PM
Everything looks perfect in your screen recording and all the functions are working as expected.  When you have auto-rotation off, the print is always right side up.  It only rotates to the side when you turn auto-rotate ON: with it on, Qimage can rotate it however it pleases and will pick the best fit for the page.

Could you explain where in the video you feel it should be doing something different?  Please give a time stamp and explain what you are expecting.

Regards,
Mike
71  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: Auto Rotate on: January 08, 2024, 07:54:12 PM
Nothing has changed with respect to auto rotation in many versions.  I repeated your exact setup using one non-square and one square image (using 8x10 print size) and both including the second square one stayed upright as it should.

In your screenshot, I can only see that the first image has auto-rotation turned off because you have the first print selected.  I can't be sure the second one has auto-rotation turned off: if you select the second print, is auto-rotation turned off for that one too?  Only thing I can think of.

Regards,
Mike
72  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: 4K Monitors on: January 04, 2024, 05:46:02 PM
An alternative to the button is the Windows keyboard shortcut Alt + F4 which will close the current window.

Or if you are just wanting to close the program, use "File", "Exit" through the menu.

Mike
73  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: 4K Monitors on: January 03, 2024, 10:29:38 PM
I don't see the issue.  You are saying the "X" button is so small you can't close Qimage?  The buttons are as big as the letters in the font below it that say PRO-2100.

We have 4K monitors here and I don't see a problem and no one else has ever mentioned this as an issue.

Regards,
Mike
74  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate Wish List / Re: Adwanced B&W Photo-mode(Epson) on: January 03, 2024, 07:10:51 PM
Ohh,....that is sad to hear,but your explanation make some sense for your "bug free" software(but not for me and other B&W-mode capable printer owners  Cry)

But only an on/off switch in the existing B&W/color indicator,would by posible?

No.  That's the problem: not even that is feasible.  Some Epson models have Advanced B/W mode, others have "grayscale", others have just "Black and White" mode, while still others have BOTH "grayscale" and "Black and white" modes that are separate in the same driver.  Then there's "Black Enhanced Overcoat", Carbon Black, and a bunch more.  No two Epson models have the same option even when it comes to just activating a B/W mode.

Mike
75  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: v2024.101 issues/comments on: January 03, 2024, 04:08:06 PM
Go into the driver and drop down "Quality" and select "Quality Options".  Then check the option for "Finest Detail".

Just tried it in 2024.101 and it gives me Overdrive (1440).

Regards,
Mike
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