Terry, thank you so much.  Yes I've found that and a couple more related articles/information under QImage.  Read several times, and will certainly be reading several more times.

Thanks again,
Betty

Wow, Ray.  I can't thank you enough.  This PDF looks seems to contain exactly the info I'm struggling to understand.
 
I'm a bit scared of these "worms" but after years of pretty good to ok prints, I am ready to seriously try to improve my understanding and my output.

I'm a hugger, so consider yourself hugged!

Thanks again,
Betty

Hello to all.  I have used Qimage for a number of years, and want to improve my printing.  I'm not very knowledgeable about the process of profiling but have read much about it.  I have an elderly flat bed cannon scanner that has served me well for many years.  My printer is an HP Deskjet 9800 which has also served very well for several years.  But I want better prints.  My printed pictures are often off from what I see on my screen.  I also use CS3.  Question:  Is my printer and flat bed scanner capable of being used in the profiling process with hopefully better results than what I'm seeing now?

 I also saw a very old post about the down load book available for free and have ordered that tonight.

Thanks for any advice/answers/help.
Betty

Mike, thank you so much.  I think I'm back in business again, and you are exactly right.  I tried some 8 x 10s and they printed exactly as they should.  I feel as dumb as dirt.  It'll be a while before I'm brave enough to play with settings again. 

Thanks again,
Betty

Mike!  Thanks for reading!  I feel so dumb about this.

Above the picture, page size is 8.24 x 10.346
Print properties, page size selected (below the picture in the que 8.5 x 11

on the left, page size is 8.5 x 11.

Auto cropping is on.

Thanks, Mike.
Betty

Me, again.  I misspoke about PhotoShop printing the strip.  It does not.  It simply prints the picture.  I had been turning the paper over and using both sides to experiment.  The strip apparently had been printed by QI on a previous attempt.

But, I still cannot print correctly with QI.

Hope someone is not still eating turkey, and can help me.  :-(

Betty

I was trying to print some things this morning borderless.  I made several adjustments, and at this point, I can't remember what I did.  Now I can't print properly.  First of all, when I put something into the que I see red numbers in the upper left corner (2x2).  The paper is set to letter size in my printer driver and in QI, but with only 1 page in the printer to print, the printer picks up the paper, prints a tiny strip, and then keeps trying to pick up more paper.  I get the message below when I hit the print button:

"The current page range contains posters that have only a small strip that will be printed on some panels (less than an inch wide or tall.  If you want to print a poster you might want to double check your poster size to make sure there is a benefit to printing this small "sliver" at the edge or bottom of your poster.  If you did not intend for your prints to cover more than 1 page you should go back and reduce the size of your prints so that they do not exceed the printable area available on 1 page."

If I print directly from PhotoShop  I do get a print, but included at the bottom is a small "sliver" included on the single page. 

I've "reset" the printer drivers and also QI, but still get the same result.

Could someone please point me in the right direction?  Many, many, many thanks!  Betty