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v2017.106   Oct 28, 2016

Priority: Med

v2017.106 includes improvements and fixes related to the new intelligent printer settings feature.

See the new intelligent printer settings in action: http://youtu.be/Qt8DCIgw7L0

Mike

Hello Mike,

We will get used to the changes I guess, it looks like an improvement on the GUI.

But my "Printer Setup Paper Size Sort" menu has been wiped from the features. I really like the paper sizes at name order.


Met vriendelijke groet, Ernst

http://www.pigment-print.com/spectralplots/spectrumviz_1.htm
July 2016 update, 700+ inkjet media white spectral plots

What I found was that most people asked to bring back the order as-listed in the driver because that's how all other applications work.  For simplicity and compatibility with other apps (and the driver), I removed the sort option.  I'm not able to alter the driver and from the user feedback I've gotten, it's best to keep them both consistent so that both QU and the driver have the same listing/order.

Regards,
Mike

Is there no sense of order in the driver?  Which printer?  Hard to believe the driver would put them in "random" order.

Mike

Right, and in the Z3100/Z3200 driver (and probably way more wide formats) the custom made sizes come after the default sizes, A, B, 30x40 cm etc. So you first have to scroll down and then find the custom size you need at that moment. I guess users that have desktop printers using sheets are less inclined to create custom sizes and the OEM paper sizes list is also shorter for printers like that.

I have all my custom sizes starting with a 0" prefix so they end up at the top of all the sizes, if name sorting works. My custom sizes aim at the roll widths for economy so I have names like 0" 431xX, 0" 609xX, 0" 913xX, , 0" 1065xX, 0" 1117xX mm for respectively 17", 24", 36", 42", 44", roll widths, always 1mm less than the roll width to make sure the size falls within the size the printer measures when the roll is loaded. The paper sizes in the list group nicely to the roll widths. One wonders why HP and other roll printer manufacturers did not think about listing the custom sizes at the top and name sorted there.

A never used, 0" named, incredible big size gets at the top and prevented that Qimage was confronted with a too small default size after a size selection in driver.  Annoying when the images are already loaded and you get the adapt image size or print over multiple print pages menu. Used to be more an issue in the past. New size is delivered to Qimage in one step now. At the time more an HP driver issue I guess but the communication between QU and the driver has been improved one way or another.

Mike, I once asked for a feature to color the cutting marks and got it. The way it is implanted is too risky in my experience so I never use it. If you want to clean up the GUI you can drop that feature, if everybody agrees. I would use it if it was a preference permanent setting, the link to border color is too risky in my opinion.

Met vriendelijke groet, Ernst

http://www.pigment-print.com/spectralplots/spectrumviz_1.htm
July 2016 update, 700+ inkjet media white spectral plots

Ernst,
Can you give me the steps you take to cause this anomaly?
I have one machine with Windows 7
Fred

I'll try on m y wife's W 7 32 bit machine. It has one install of 106
Thanks for the help

Fred

Fred, thank you,

It has not appeared again after several times switching between 102 aand 106.

Something else, if I click in Settings the Driver Settings Properties the windows appear slowly, takes more time than the removed printer driver setting icon on top did. I have no need for the big black window with instructions on what has to be done etc in the driver. Can that be switched off? I doubt that will increase the speed but nevertheless.

A typical workflow on my Z3200: Roll paper loaded, a paper size selected that covers the width of that roll, a longer size than needed as I can not estimate precisely what print page length I need for several images on the print page. Optimal nesting chosen, images loaded. Then I go to Edit (print) Page select the bottom image and see what paper white can be removed and then check which paper size with the same roll width can be used and with too much waste I create an extra paper size for that roll width. Then I select Optimal Space nesting as I like the little wasted paper to be between the images too for easier cutting, a 2mm strip to cut off gives a better edge than 0.5 mm will.

I know the Remove White Space at bottom page feature but that one does not work for the Z3200 PCL3 driver. The workflow sketched requires a lot of clicking through menus and if there is not a suitable paper size I also have to wait for the Driver Settings Properties menu to create a custom paper size.

Fastest way to solve some window hopping is by adding more position info (bottom distance at least) on the bottom image in the live view window, similar info as given in the Edit Page menu. I wonder whether the Settings menu could get more interactive choices for the printer driver like creating custom paper sizes there too.

Another addition in the Settings window could be interactive printer resolution settings which would also be educational for the processing choices as in V2017.106 it could confuse a newby in thinking that the Processing interpolation choices are setting the driver resolution.

If this is too much asked for then please bring back the printer driver icon on top as an extra entrance to the printer driver. There is space there and it is a faster way to more driver settings like; Gloss Enhancer choices, HP print preview on or off, etc. Or just for the time being till the settings window is interactive on 90% of the driver settings.

Met vriendelijke groet, Ernst

http://www.pigment-print.com/spectralplots/spectrumviz_1.htm
July 2016 update, 700+ inkjet media white spectral plots