I apologize. I knew the problem was in auto sorting, but forgot about that ON/OFF button. Getting Old.

Fred

I just experimented and find that with certain placement selections, Qimage might be trying to save you paper usage by replacing  item fitting to a page. There us probably a better way, but I added images and re saved the Job immediately Mike will probably have a better answer.
Fred

Mel,
I now own 3 printers. I gave away the 17.00 per 13ml cartridge with auto cleaning cycles; my Canon Pro 100. A great printer but putting me in the poor house.

I got the G620 Canon first with bottled ink and worked it to death.  Finally, got an Epson 8550 after Mike put it through its paces.
The need for the Epson was not due to it  making better prints than the Canon, but because the Canon G620 had a max paper size of 8.5 x 11. We needed a 13 inch carriage. Hence Epson 8550.
The Epson has higher output rez, but it takes a Mike to see it.
On your sticking question, I am old and do not take anymore safaris. So I go through my thousands of images and print; print; print. I stack them on each other  until I empty a paper box. Then I put them in the box and give them away to retirement homes, churches,and Dr offices. Not a problem anywhere.
I have figured out that not needing to spend 90 dollars a month on cartridge ink,the savings will pay for my 8550
Mel, I too, have printed with every printer you can imagine. I even had a 3 color ribbon printer years ago.
Mel, you know me a long time. I wouldn't steer you wrong. Get an Epson 8550, and don't look back.

It even has a tray for plain paper which, It prints receipts or test prints, or whatever just by you selecting PLAIN PAPER in Qimage.
Stay well,
Fred

You should ask the store or business that will print for you what color space he prefers. (profile)
He might say RGB or Adobe RGB or something else.
If you look at the screen snap, you see where you can accommodate his request  in the COLOR SPACE line.

There is also a red "V" for video which might help located on that same screen.
It is a tad old in so far as the buttons are different, but the information is solid.
I access Print to file with a Right Click on the Properties button on the right side of the printer and settings tab.
Mike will be later to fill in what I might have missed.
Fred

Hey, I found a little bonus feature that Mike slipped into 2023.111 latest version.
See, this is what I normally do with a folder of images.  I place my cursor on thumbnail 1, and then hit the spacebar. Then I roll my mouse wheel one click at a time viewing each image in a pretty large size on my screen.
I see one that looks pretty good, so I right click and click select. This highlights that thumb as well as placing a dot in the lower right corner of the screen image. When I returned to the normal screen and looked at the selected thumbs, I found that the ones that were nice were done already. Now Mike added a little "touch" to that dot in the lowerright corner. It now has the same color as the filename.
In other words, if you used Image Editor, the dot will be red. If you used Raw Refine, the dot will be blue. If you used both, the dot will be purple.
Pretty neat!
Fred

Yes, Bill. I too have many printer setups that include paper type, printer model and print sizes.
Not only printers and sizes, but I have profiles and setups for Canon paper on my Epson 8550 and Epson paper on my Canon G620. Experiment with the different sorting systems. Sort by printer/media/ etc.
Hope this helps.
Fred

I just sent Mike a couple of test emails to the address you showed. I waited a while and nothing bounced back undeliverable.
That suggests that you might have a typo in the address.
Below, I pasted a link where you can change your email address.  Try that.
Otherwise you will have to wait for Mike to get into his office, about 7:30 am EST


https://www.ddisoftware.com/forms/qimage-u-renew.html

Fred

Martin you missed two items.
1) You should use the fine tuned box shown inthe snap to narrow your selection.
2) Simply set up a printer setup recall as shown.

Click on the yellow envelope in the Printers and Settings Tab.
Your big box opens. NOW you can see a smaller selection arrow at the bottom :SETUP for PRINTERS.
Open that and make your selections..

These selections are based on the assumption that you have created printer setups.
SUCH AS"   I have an 8 x 10 print set on 8.5 x 11 paper; Epson Ultra Glossy and the proper profile. PLUS any other accoutrements  such as borders, notations, etc.
You save these using the Save Setup button to the right of that yellow folder icon at the right side of your screen.

See in snap 097 what I have saved for my Epson 8550. I am a dedicated setup person so I can choose the paper, size, print and profile setup already set for me. Hope this helps

Fred

Go slow. 3:2 aspect ratio can only fit an uncropped print, regardless what size paper. In other words, only a multiple of 3:2 will fill your page without cropping So simply turn off auto crop and print Your uncropped 3:2 image will prnt unspoiled.
You cannot fill a page with a different aspect ratio without distortion
If you click fit to page, auto cropping comes on because thatis the only way.
fred

Easy arithmetic. If your image is 3000 pixels by 3000 pixels, Qimge sees that you want a 10 x 10 print.PPI will be 300  ppi
Wait for Mike. Another 10 minutes

Thereis no ppi with out a print size. Let's wait for Mike. Usually get into his office by 7:30 EST

Let's start over slowly.
PPI depends on the print size and the image resolution applied to the print size. (5x7 will have a greater ppi than 8 x 10)
Now Qimage takes that data and interpolates it at the highest quality possible to the printer's desired input. (Epson = 720 ppi and Canon 600.
That file is sent to your printer using the profile and print size requested.
I will pause here as I am not sure if I understood your question.

Fred

You're welcome sir, but I would like to reiterate, that this is a nice place. It has helpful people who don't mind if a topic has been discussed before. There are always new Qimage owners who might need some help getting over a bump in the road.
So feel comfortable and discuss anything here.
Fred

Hello Martin.
The reason that the box is checked and which will leave you vulnerable to mis sized prints is due to you shutting of the printer A I in Qimage. Mike has designed A I to remove the possibility of the user messing up printer settings.
Simply click on the gear wheel next to the Properties button  and put the checks back into the boxes at the bottom. Or click defaults,
Fred