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Author Topic: 8.5 x 11" print at 8 x 10"  (Read 9717 times)
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« on: December 09, 2013, 11:13:09 PM »

I've got the printer driver set at 8.5 x 11, Qimage the same. Print outline in Qimage show 1" at the bottom of Sample. About 1" margins on sides. Likely an easy answer,  but I can't figure it out.
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« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2013, 11:21:08 PM »

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I've got the printer driver set at 8.5 x 11, Qimage the same. Print outline in Qimage show 1" at the bottom of Sample. About 1" margins on sides. Likely an easy answer,  but I can't figure it out.
Thank you.

I don't know what printer you have, but it is normal for a printer to report about 10.776 x 8.266 as printable area.
Then depending on the print size requested (8 x 10) perhaps, and the aspect of the image, you might get 10 x 667.
To get the 8 x 10 you want, you need to give Qimage permission to Crop.
You do this from the print properties box where you selected the print size.

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« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2013, 11:44:36 PM »

Thanks for your reply, Fred.

The printer is a Canon iPF 6400.

The requested print size is 8.5 x 11.

Qimage is reporting at top 8.263 x 9.975. "Centre" is chosen.

No matter what paper size is chosen, there is alway about 1" of space below the paper boundary.
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« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2013, 01:11:54 AM »

I decided to uninstall Ultimate, reboot, download Ultimate again and install. Somewhere there must be a file that "remembers" the state that Ulimate was before the uninstall because it opened to the same state. Same directory opens, there is 1" of space below the print page boundary, "Poster mode" is indicated, and there is window for disks D:/ and C:/ instead of the database window. Any ideas out there?

Regards, Paul.
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« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2013, 01:17:00 AM »

If you need to print border less on a 8.5" X 11" sheet then you need to check if your printer driver supports border less printing to that size.
Border less printing is controlled by your printer driver not by Qimage.
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« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2013, 08:15:12 AM »

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I've got the printer driver set at 8.5 x 11, Qimage the same
This sounds like you have the PAGE size set as 8.5x11.
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The requested print size is 8.5 x 11
You have the page size and the print size the same. As Dennis has said, it wont work unless you use borderless setting in the driver.
The printable area is always smaller than the page size unless set to borderless.
Page size and print size are not the same parameters!
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Qimage is reporting at top 8.263 x 9.975
The difference between the 11" page size and 9.975" print size does seem to be large but this comes from the driver unless, by some chance you have set additional margins in QU. Check Edit/Preferences/Page & print formatting/margins. Click clear margins to be sure. In that window you see exactly what the driver says the page margins are.
Assuming there were no additional margins set in QU, you need to check the driver; there may be some extra set there or it's what your driver does.
To help us clear this up, please specify ALL details as follows:-
the image size in pixels,
the print size required, landscape or portrait format?
the page size specified (set in the driver from QU in Printer/Page setup)
The printable areas reported by QU above the page preview.
Are you using roll or sheets?

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"Poster mode" is indicated
That is because the prints size specified is too large for the printable area.
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and there is window for disks D:/ and C:/ instead of the database window.
Not sure what you mean here, are you referring to the panel above the thumbnails with the folder tree?
If, so, you just need to browse in the normal way.
The QU database window is something separate and not visible until a DB search is opened.
Some screen shots would be helpful here! Please answer all the questions above, precise dimensions required.
Terry
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« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2013, 10:19:17 AM »

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Qimage is reporting at top 8.263 x 9.975. "Centre" is chosen.

Paul,
I have the driver in my stash...
The only way I can get the same numbers that you have is to mess up the driver settings.
The main problem is that you must select either ROLL paper or Sheet paper with 3mm margins.
You selected Sheet paper  ..... and that is what gives you the weird reaction from the driver.
Screen snap 025 is WRONG... Make sure no checkmarks
Screen snap 028 is correct.
Notice the circled IMPORTANT items...

Snap 027 shows 8 x 10 print on 8.5 x 11 paper

If you need more info, just holler.

...  Fred


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« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2013, 10:28:35 AM »

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and there is window for disks D:/ and C:/ instead of the database window. Any ideas out there?

This is a separate question.
Let's get a Yippee from you on the printer, and then we will tackle where you see the C:/ (with the wrong direction slant bar) and the D:\

I have an early doc appt this morning, so I will leave you in the more than capable hands of Dennis and Terry

Fred
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« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2013, 11:06:26 PM »

Thanks for the suggestions. It's appreciated. I'm having to reinstall my C: drive. Back soon hopefully...

Regards, Paul.
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