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atb
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« on: May 10, 2017, 04:26:44 PM »
Hello
When printing on canvas roll and cropping the paper length it would be great if Qimage automatically set paper length longer to accommodate the extra shrink compensation % needed.

hope that makes sense!
Thanks
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Terry-M
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« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2017, 06:37:24 PM »
Hi,
Are you aware that QU has a canvas shrinkage compensation for the PRINT size? see attached screen shot.
I'm not sure if that helps at all.
Terry
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atb
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« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2017, 09:04:05 AM »
Hello Terry,
Absolutely! Which is my point...

I crop the page size to fit the image using 'set paper length' (ctrl-w) and then go to print - But - because I have the Canvas Shrink Compensation set to accommodate the shrinkage QI gives me an error saying that I need to increase the size of the page to accommodate the bigger size of the image... (see attachment)

I then have to manually adjust the size of the page - which I usually add on half an inch - which is just a guess but quick.

My suggestion is that QI automatically adds the extra on to the page length to accommodate the bigger image size rather than just telling me that I need to.
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« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2017, 11:39:00 AM »
It already accounts for the canvas shrink when setting the page length but you should set your canvas shrink value before using the set page length feature.  The only time I can get a problem is if I have canvas shrinkage compensation set to zero, do the set page length, and then enter a canvas shrink value of 0.75 afterward.  Are you setting the shrink compensation before using the set page length feature?

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Mike
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atb
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« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2017, 01:08:21 PM »
Hi Mike,
yes, you're right...
I've just tried and indeed if the shrink compensation is set before the paper length is set then it takes into account the extra %

but not if it's set after... which is how I've been doing it. Maybe I need to change my workflow Smiley
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