Mike Chaney's Tech Corner

I am a long-time Qimage user (Studio Edition) now on v2010.208. I use Qimage in a commercial printshop setting under Win 7 32-bit on a quad-core machine.

Past experience tells me that even if Qimage should "Image Read Error", I can still print the file (and a get a preview in the printer driver). However, I am having no such luck with one particular file that happens to be 17017 x 17137 pixels at 400 ppi (42.54 in. x 42.84 in.). It is a compressed TIFF with LZW. It originated as a 3-layer PSD, but the PSD wouldn't print either, so I saved it out as the compressed TIFF. Both files appear with the "Image Read Error" in the thumbnail and in the print preview. If I click to print, both files produce the error "Qimage could not load the file:" and the print session is aborted.

Since these are commercial jobs, I really need to find a way to print them and I'm open to any suggestions.

Thanks so much!

Cheers!

Brad

Brad,
A few things to check.
1) Open Qimage and click HELP.
2) Hold the Shift key down while you click on Analyze Current Settings.
This will tell you how much resource is available for use by Qimage to handle an 875 megabyte file.

When you saved the PSD, did you remember to check the MAX compatibilty box?
When you created the TIF, were the settings in the SAVE box like the screen snap attached?
 Byte Order and Pixel order in particular.
No Alpha Channels allowed in the image either.

Let's check and see what you can find.

Fred

Thanks Fred. The TIFF was saved with LZW compression. I resaved it with NO compression and YAAAY! I'm printing it now.

Thanks so much for the quick and insightful assistance.

Cheers!

Brad

Glad to help.
We have to win once  in a while. :-D

Fred