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Author Topic: Original Size vs. Fit to Page vs. Fit to Paper vs________?  (Read 2205 times)
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« on: February 21, 2023, 09:00:10 PM »

Uncle...  I've watched videos and searched the commands trying to solve this problem. It's likely simple but has me stumped.

An uncropped camera pixel aspect ratio is 3:2 (1.50/.67), 4:3 (1.33/.75), or 16:9 (1.78/.56).

Typical home printer paper is 4x6 (.67), 5x7 (.71), 8.5x11 (.77), 11x17 (.65), 13x19 (.68), and 17x22 (.77).

For example, I want to retain the entire pixel size of a 3:2 landscape image and fit it onto the 8.5x11 paper, with no enlargement, i.e., clipping of the long edge. I can't find that setting(s).  Roll Eyes

Please help.
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« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2023, 10:10:30 PM »

You can't fit an entire 3:2 aspect ratio image on an 8.5 x 11 print.  Doing so will distort the image and Qimage will not allow you to ruin your prints by distorting them.  Your choices are:

(1) Print with crop on and you'll get an 8.5 x 11 print but two edges of the image will have to be cropped a bit to fill the 8.5 x 11.

(2) Print with crop off and then you'll get the full image but it will be a 7.33 x 11 print.

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Mike
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« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2023, 10:13:52 PM »

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For example, I want to retain the entire pixel size of a 3:2 landscape image and fit it onto the 8.5x11 paper, with no enlargement, i.e., clipping of the long edge. I can't find that setting(s).  Roll Eyes

Please help.
Go slow. 3:2 aspect ratio can only fit an uncropped print, regardless what size paper. In other words, only a multiple of 3:2 will fill your page without cropping So simply turn off auto crop and print Your uncropped 3:2 image will prnt unspoiled.
You cannot fill a page with a different aspect ratio without distortion
If you click fit to page, auto cropping comes on because thatis the only way.
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« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2023, 10:50:41 PM »

Your choices are:

(1) Print with crop on and you'll get an 8.5 x 11 print but two edges of the image will have to be cropped a bit to fill the 8.5 x 11.

(2) Print with crop off and then you'll get the full image but it will be a 7.33 x 11 print.

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Mike
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I understand #1. I want #2. But I can't find the settings in QU to get there. Under the Print Tab, I turned both auto Crop and Rotate...OFF. The image is smaller (4896x3264 with good detail level) but doesn't auto enlarge to a .25 left/right border; rather, there are large white borders left and right. Top and bottom can float. What else do I need to do?
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« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2023, 11:10:33 PM »

I don't know what you mean.  Please explain "doesn't auto enlarge to a .25 left/right border".  You mention 8.5 x 11 size.  Now .25 border.  You can't even print 8.5 x 11 on 8.5 x 11 paper unless you use borderless.  Are you?  I have no idea what you are trying to do.  If you turn off auto crop on the prints tab, one dimension of the print size will match and the other will be reduced by the amount needed to get a 4896:3264 aspect ratio.  There is no "white space" in the print itself: the print size is simply modified to fit the ratio of the image when you have crop turned off.

You said you wanted to use my option 2 (crop off).  So if you have a 4896x3264 image and you select a print size of 11x8.5 with crop off, you'll get an 11x7.33 inch print.  What size are you actually clicking in the print sizes?  8.5 x 11 is not a standard photo size.

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« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2023, 07:44:20 PM »

My responses to your last comment never posted for some reason. Prior settings seemed to be interfering with what I was attempting to do. I did find the Reset commands under the Help tab, but I'm now unsure which one cleared up things.

As I'm still in the novice stage, can someone please clarify the difference between "Reset Printer Settings" and "Reset All Program Settings?"


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« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2023, 08:37:03 PM »

Reset printer settings resets all settings that are related to the printer driver.  Qimage remembers printer driver settings by printer, by media type, etc. and if you reset them, it will cause Qimage to "forget" any remembered settings so that when you open the driver, it opens as it would with any other program: with the Windows defaults.

Reset all program settings resets all settings in Qimage including printer settings and UI settings like thumbnail size, window positions, divider settings (size of thumbnail grid vs live view, etc.), all options, etc.  It basically takes Qimage back to "factory defaults" as if you had just installed it for the first time.

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Mike
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