I have entered 6.25 x 9.0in into my Canon i9900's Page Size window found in Page Setup tab.  The page dimension shown above Qimage's Preview Window is 5.931 x 8.731.  There are no special "modifiers" (e.g., borderless prints) checked on the Canon set-up page.  I have just downloaded the Qimage demo version for pre-purchase evaluation.  Assistance would be ever-so-much appreciated.

There is absolutely no printer or printer driver reason why you can't print  6.25 x 9.0in images on 8.5 x 11 paper.  I had a Canon i9900 for several years and printed many different custom size prints in QI-S with no problems.  Great Printer!

I don't own QI-U.  The limitations on the trial were just too great for me to make a judgment.  The trial was limited to 14 days and only allowed four entries in the queue.  That  is more restrictive than any other software I have seen.  Since I have another life, 14 days expired before I could make a judgement, and since there are no refunds, I'll pass it by.

All of that was to say that I don't know how to help with QI-U, but I never had a problem in QI-S with custom sizes and the i9900.  Currently I have no problem with custom sizes in either QI-S or Lightroom 3.3.  If you can make custom sizes in other applications that work, the problem seems to be with QI-U.  It is possible that you set up an improper page size in the print driver while in QI-U.

I hope you are aware that 6.25 x 9 isn't a normal ratio.  You should crop it to that ratio before sending it ot QI if you want it work normally in QI.

Wil

Will is absolutely correct.
There is no difference is setting up your print.

I saw the original question and passed on it because I didn't have the driver, and there might be some strange setting in the Canon driver.

In reality. There is no problem other than you need to tell us what size paper you have; what size print you wish to to make, and we start from there.

(What's a page window?

Fred

That really was Terry that said that, although, I concur!!


Will I am trying to help. I just opened the driver on a 9000. It has Page Size, which when opened, shows paper sizes from which to select.
At the bottom of the list, one finds CUSTOM.
I assume that's where Hardcastle is, and you too.

The 9000 printer shows a printable area of 8.731 x 5.931.
Without using borderless, that is the largest print the Canon 9000 will allow on that size paper.
Using "FIT TO PAGE" in Qimage you can attain that print size.

I believe what needs to be explained is the paper size, the printable area of that page size, versus the print size on the page.
The next question is why is he defining a page size of 9.0 x 6.25?

The only answer might be that someone gave him some precut paper that size, and he wants to use it up.
Otherwise, as you said, you must select the size paper you purchased for things to make sense.
See screen snaps

Fred

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I had a Canon i9900 for several years and printed many different custom size prints in QI-S with no problems
I don't own QI-U.  The limitations on the trial were just too great for me to make a judgment.  The trial was limited to 14 days and only allowed four entries in the queue.  That  is more restrictive than any other software I have seen.  Since I have another life, 14 days expired before I could make a judgement, and since there are no refunds, I'll pass it by.

Wil
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Will, we had been discussing Lionel's problem so I passed on commenting on your quote above.
You claim to be a Qimage Studio user, and you couldn't make use of 14 days to try out Ultimate; you couldn't put more than 4 in the queue?
You know how the queue works and the quality of printing, and you seem to be worldly.
No one I know of gives refunds on downloaded and unlocked software.
Poor excuse!

Have a great holiday season.

Fred

Lionel,
I made a card as a sample. I think it fits your dimensions. I didn't bother with overlays  (laying text over prints or backgrounds). Just wanted to get the dimensions in the ball park.
The print is 5.98 x 4.25 with a 0.12 white border included in that print size. See snap 061.

That should work for you.
In the full page editor use your arrow keys to accurately move and position the picture and the text. Turn on the rulers too.

Hope some of this helps.
Terry does more of this than I do, so he should come in with some refinements.

Fred

This thread reminds me of a question I've been meaning to ask.

Lionel's cards are similar to my photo note cards (see example below).  Page size of my pre-scored stock is 5.5x8.5 inches, folding to 5.5x4.25 inches.  5.5x4.25 is also my image size, which I want to fill the entire front panel of the card.  So I choose "Borderless" in the printer driver (HP B8550).

I get exactly what I want, no problems.  But after printing quite a few of these, it occurred to me that expansion of the print is microscopic...just enough to fill the panel, and far less than the print expansion which occurs when I'm printing borderless, fit-to-page.  That's curiosity #1.

Curiosity #2: When I decided to start including my little "logo" (also a jpg) on the back side of the card, I placed it close to the edge of the page--and borderless expansion kicked in with a vengeance.  The logo bled off the edge of the card, and my 5.5x4.25 main image got expanded approx. 1/4" all the way around.

The problem went away when I moved the logo away from the edge to its current position.  Anybody else experience something like this?  Perhaps just a quirk of my printer?

Appreciate it, Terry.  Since the position of my logo isn't critical, I'll probably just keep doing what I'm doing.  Actually, I've never even bothered to make a template for my cards.  I save each variety as a job, and when it's time to make a new variety, I simply call up an existing job, change the photo and text, and save it under the new job name.  Another great convenience of Qimage.