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Author Topic: Resizing the Print Queue  (Read 7698 times)
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« on: January 30, 2014, 10:24:36 PM »

Greetings! On my monitor, the Print Queue displays only 5 entries. I have tried to resize it to show more entries. I would really like that Print Queue to use more screen area, but I can't find any handles or options to do this. How does one resize the Print Queue?

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« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2014, 10:53:12 PM »

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Greetings! On my monitor, the Print Queue displays only 5 entries. I have tried to resize it to show more entries. I would really like that Print Queue to use more screen area, but I can't find any handles or options to do this. How does one resize the Print Queue?

Hi Brad,
Not sure what you are seeing.
Yes, 5 items fills the print queue, but add another, and you get a scroll bar. Add a few more and you can scroll them all.

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« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2014, 03:10:41 AM »

Hi, Fred. I do see the scroll bars, but what I want is to see more queue entries without scrolling. So I want to reduce the size of the preview area and increase the size of the "Job Properties/Print Queue" using a drag handle, just like the vertical one used to resize the "Folders/Thumbnails" areas.
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« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2014, 10:12:14 AM »

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I do see the scroll bars, but what I want is to see more queue entries without scrolling. So I want to reduce the size of the preview area and increase the size of the "Job Properties/Print Queue" using a drag handle, just like the vertical one used to resize the "Folders/Thumbnails" areas.

Brad,
I am sure that this question was addressed by Mike about a year and a half ago.
If you look at my screen snap, you will see that there is no room to expand the queue.
I wish I was good at doing a search and could find it.

Nevertheless, the File /Thumbs splitter bar is adjustable at the expense of less thumbs showing and more files showing.
On the right side, you would never want to shrink or cover the preview panel and all the text tags.

I'm sure you know you can use the arrow keys for convenient swapping of positions in the queue, and scrolling.
Hope this helps.
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« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2014, 02:53:37 PM »

If you look at my screen snap, you will see that there is no room to expand the queue.
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On the right side, you would never want to shrink or cover the preview panel and all the text tags.
If you look at my screen snap, you'll see I have ample room to expand the queue without affecting anything except making better use of otherwise wasted screen space. I'm using a 2560x1440 pixel monitor. In this job, which I ran yesterday, expanding the print queue wouldn't shrink or cover the preview panel. I don't know what the text tags are.

I've been using Qimage daily in my commercial business for years and I've always wanted to be able to expand the queue because I often run jobs of more than 5 images. The right side of the screen has always had wasted space--why would I not want to adjust the UI to use it? For one thing, it would make such operations as drag-and-drop image replacement much easier.

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« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2014, 03:18:50 PM »

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If you look at my screen snap, you'll see I have ample room to expand the queue without affecting anything except making better use of otherwise wasted screen space. I'm using a 2560x1440 pixel monitor. In this job, which I ran yesterday, expanding the print queue wouldn't shrink or cover the preview panel. I don't know what the text tags are.
Brad, your screen snap is showing the preview panel in Landscape mode. When you turn it to portrait, it needs a lot more room at the bottom.
Also you need some room for the Prints not sorted notice and other signs that pop up below.
See screen snap of portrait orientation and red notice below it.
My preview panel is as large as it can be... and should be!

Best I can do to explain it.. as I know it.
I don't do any architectural work at all. Wink
Fred
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« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2014, 05:10:28 PM »

Fred, my preview panel correctly represents the "sheets" as I print them, in this case on 24" wide roll stock trimmed to a 14" length. I print on roll stock almost exclusively and I routinely run jobs of more than 5 images. Why would I want to turn it to portrait mode? But that's not the point. What you're saying is the program doesn't let me resize the print queue. That answers my original question and I understand it.

But you're also suggesting that I'm somehow not justified in wanting to adjust the size of the print queue because that would reduce the space available for the preview panel. To that I would say, yes and I would be perfectly fine with that. Look, it's just a preview panel and Qimage correctly orients it, but in doing so, in my case, so that there is a large unused area. I just want to use that area productively, and I don't need to see a bigger preview; what I actually need to see is more of the print queue. That seems justification enough and it makes sense to me that this is a trade-off best made by the user, as it might vary from job to job.

But anyway, my original question has been answered.

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« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2014, 05:45:25 PM »

Point well taken, and I didn't mean to imply anything other than some people use page orientation in both directions.
For their sake it has to be so.
But, perhaps Mike can find a way to put some optional setup in the menu for us.
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