Its even easier to save a blank white background page in any photo editor then import that in the first step instead of scanning, is it not?
I am still try to justify to my self why I need to buy this software when I have lightroom3.3 and CS5
The borders thing seems to be one of them as I don't think I could do this in the lightroom print module.
I could create ablank with ab order and save the images with borders and add them but its long winded.
Alistair.

ah well I had set the preferences to metric and had not realised it was set back to imperial that explains that
thank you both

image attached that is bigger so you can see the settings

Fred, I give up I can see now how to change border colour by clicking on the colour box but no matter which colour I pick or what size I enter nothing happens to the image border .
attached screen shot created by following your steps the only outline I get is a blue box to indicate what is selected.
running pro edition unregisterd demo version is that what is causing the problem?
Alistair

Fred, Merry Christmas to you and thank you for trying to help. I a must be blind or stupid or both but I though I knew how to add a border to a image however I can see how to change the size but I can't see any border around the image and where do you change the colour?
if however I use the add crop marks option those I see on the page.
your description is fine but I can't see the border
Alistair

How?

Fred as I said, apart from the borders that can be put around a image, if you want for example to place three images on a page each with their own border that I can see how to do but if you then want a black [for example] border around the page or create a fine art
layout with a borders can you achieve that or not?
Alistair

I can see how to add borders inside or outside of the image border size but how do you or can you add borders to the page edge or divide a page with borders that are not image related?

Hi I have just downloaded and printed a couple of images with Qimage rather than through PS elements or lightroom 3 which I normally use so i have got it all set up ok.
 I have not bothered to do the test comparisons as your examples say it all and I assume if I did the tests I would get the same results, after all there is plenty anecdotal evidence via posts on google saying Qimage is better than LR3 latest version at print copies, so I don't feel like wasting paper
my question I have is concerning the default sharpening applied and how to view the difference before printing if I increase it?
I cannot see a visible difference in the soft proof so am I missing something?
also given the setup below once I pay which version should be best for me? I think the ultimate is over the top for me as i don't need raw support?
regards
Alistair
using Pentax K10d and Pentax K-r bodies/ viewing on a  Viewsonic VG2427wm screen calibrated with a spyde pro elite and printing on custom paper profiles on a Epsom R2880.