GOT IT WORKING!! Decided to roll the dice and install the Win drivers into the virtual machine and it now works perfectly!! Before attempting this I did zip up a copy of the .pvm file so in case this didn't work out I could restore the virtual machine easily.

 Hi again guys, i got hold of a copy of XP SP3 and using Parallels 6 got Qimage installed and running but the GD thing will not print! According to Parallels I'm not supposed to install the windows drivers in the virtual machine and instead tell XP that an HP 8500 or some such is my printer.

 I did notice that they say you can print "documents" to the printer and there is no mention of photos..am I overanalyzing this?

 Hi Peter, I was really hoping to not have to install Windows to get this working 
 By the time you factor in the purchase of XP it's starting to get expensive 
 I've been looking at a product called imagenest which seems to work great but they want 400.00 for a license on a 24" printer..sigh

 Hi TJR, I tried the crossover with QI Ultimate, everything installed and ran OK, but it would not print. I'm using a Canon 6300 and QI did it's usual thing in that the gas gauge at the bottom of the layout window ran but the printer never started..shucks!!