Hi Tim, welcome.

I'm not really sure of the question you are asking.
If you want to know the image size (Pixel dimensions) simply hover the mouse over the thumbnail and the HOTBAR at the bottom of the screen will show image size, file size, and a lot more.

You can also Right click the thumbnail and select Display Image INFO.

The reason I am not sure of your question is that I wonder why that is so important.

For example, if I choose to print a 5 x 7 or 8 x 10 or any size, as soon as I place the image into the queue, I get a PPI readout which is very valuable.
If you were not printing, but wanting to downsize for emails or web sizes, then you need only to Right click on either selected thumbs or Right click in the upper preview panel of the queue, and select Make Email or Web copies and select the pixel size.

Let me know if I missed your question.
Fred

Qimage can do any and all of what you want.
That 300 ppi requirement; why do you find that necessary when Qimage will optimize the ppi to the size print for you.?

So you can go to CUSTOM print size and select short side is: 44" and let Qimage fill out the long side, or switch that. Tell Qimage the long side of your pano and Qimage will determine the short size.
If you already did some Photoshop interpolation to 300ppi, and you want that 300 maintained, easy to do.
Again, in Custom, select Original size, and follow instructions.
Tell Qimage you want 300 ppi and check override.. If the 300 is embedded, then no need to override.
It's all pretty straight forward after you have seen the videos.   http://www.ddisoftware.com/qimage-u/learn.htm

In all cases, you need to do no more than select the size print, and put the image into the queue. Everything is done.... proper interpolation and ppi to make the best print!

In my previous reply, I explained how to see the pixel dimension and file size (hover the mouse over the thumbs) so that should be covered.

Fred

I don't think we are talking about the same thing!
Size of the image is in pixels... right?
Horizontal width in pixels and vertical height in pixels, right?

If you want something else please explain.

If you want to see the pixel dimension, you can either hover the mouse pointer over the thumbnail and read the hotbar, or Right click the Thumbnail and select Image Info.

See snaps attached

Thank you so much for the guidance.
I also got an email from an old friend who reads all on here...
He has a similar explanation, although from a different angle.
He showed me this box which he thinks is what Uncletim is looking for.
If this is the case, I told him how to see the resolution (Pixels x, y); on the hot bar and the info box.
That print size he has there is an arbitrary size a person would use if he were going to interpolate,/ upsample to 24 x 14 at 300 ppi.
That is a foolish thing to do in any case. It forces "fake" pixels to be inserted, for no reason, since Qimage and (or the driver) will interpolate again to assuage the printer requirements.
 
Anytime you interpolate twice, you have "LOST" something unnecessarily.

I don't understand "Benchmark" to see how large he can print? That only makes sense if you must print at 300 ppi. Since that's a myth, we come back to basics.
I already told him how to put the 14 as short side, and Qimage will create the long side.....  or put 24 for the long side, and Q will create the dimensions for the short side, but that is for a pano.

The right way is to go to CUSTOM and select your size print!!!!
24 x 14, crop scissors on..... DONE.
Now you either look in the print queue or hover the mouse of the preview panel, and there is the ppi....
From experience, anything from 110 ppi and up will make a fine print.
To prove it, one simply goes into the Page Editor screen and uses the Test Strip tool to have a peek at what a piece of your image will look like on a 4 x 6 test print at the same ppi.
Frankly, that's more valuable that guesswork if you are really concerned about the fine detail in a wedding dress, and what will it look like in a print made at 147 ppi
You print a 4 x 6 crop of a piece of the dress at 147 ppi.

The screen snap of Photo Shop was supplied by my friend Tom

I was told by a very smart man that in this day and age,  believing that the only way to make a good print is 300 ppi, is tantamount to believing that the only way to hear good music at home is with a tube type amplifier.

Seriously, thanks for the help. I do have trouble figuring out the questions. Like playing Jeopardy!
Happy new tear too!

Fred

Hi Tim,

If you do 'ctrl I' over a thumbnail, you get the info box for the selected thumbnail. It shows the image resolution in Pixels. You can move over other thumbnails, and the info box shows the info for that image. Now, since QI is a better print engine than in PS, you may find that it prints pretty good at 100ppi - you can try it for yourself by selecting a thumbnail, and dragging it into the print queue, and adjusting its size in the page preview screen (or some other method) and you will see that the ppi changes in the print queue.  Print it and see if 100ppi is OK. Then, all you need do, when you 'ctrl I' over the thumbnails is divide the resolution value by 100, to give a quick ball park evaluation value of printability  .

I think that in general, when printing with QI, it is usual to select the size of print and let the ppi sort itself out. If you have different sized images with similar names, then you need to get an idea of which will be suitable for printing, so you need a 'rule of thumb' for the thumbnail images. For QI, I reckon 100 will be good enough.

Best wishes,

Ray

I think I understand what you're saying. If you have selected original size when you put the image in the queue then when you hover over the image in the queue (as in layed out on the page and not the thumbnails in the folders) it will tell you the dimensions and the current dpi at that given size before qimage gets hold of it and works it's interpolation magic.

I think the problem comes when your page is smaller than the image size you intend to print so you can't physically add a single image to that page without it spanning multiple sheets, and as you were saying that you'd want to know how much paper you need then I assume that the exact print size is currently not known BUT you wanted to use 300dpi as a kind of marker, is this right?

I'm not sure what printer you're using but I use an epson 7900, you meantioned making pretty large prints so I'm hoping you're using something similar? Anyway, the trick I use is to permanently have my page larger than I ever need it. In the driver, set it to roll paper (banner), check 'save roll paper' and then in 'user defined' for the dimensions set it at something longer than you are going to need. I typically set mine to 1 metre in length as I never print larger than about 90cm onto canvas. This doesn't mean that if I print an image of only  50cm in length that I'll end up with 50cm of white space however, with these print settings it only counts the actual printed area, just don't make the mistake of placing your image at the bottom of the page!

If you do this then when you add an image into the queue then you can resize it (drag out a corner if you want to experiment with it) and then when you hover over it it will always show you the current dimensions and the current dpi at that size.

Like was said before 300dpi is kind of irrelevant as qimage will interpolate it to what it should be (360/720 for the epson)but of course nearer 300dpi is better than being nearer 100dpi, rubbish in, rubbish out as they say. Totally depends on the size of the final image, you'll never see individual pixels printing from q but obviously if you start from an image of 100dpi it's going to look very soft by comparison.

Hope this makes sense? Like I said, not sure what printer you're using but regardless, I'm sure you must have a similar setting if you're using something different. It doesn't sound like you are using qimage to make layouts so the trick is make your page bigger!

I think the main point here though, and I know how protective everyone gets of their beloved qimage,  is that regardless of how you want to do it Tim, dpi being relevant or not, Q can do what you are asking:)

Sure it will.
Just go to Custom and select original size, check Override, and type in 300.
When you go back to teh main screen, Qimage will show you the image size at 300 ppi.

If you want to see the image at your estimated Print size (like 24 x 14) at 300 ppi, that's easy too!

Click FILE, Print to file, set to 24 x 14 at 300 ppi Then Print!
 I now have an image that is 300 ppi at 7200 x 4200  
At least I know what you were trying to do...
Fred