I sent you an email a few minutes ago.
Thanks, Vern. That was a great idea attaching jpgs to the email.
Now I can see.
I am replying here (and also will reply in the email), because, guess what?
You are not the first guy to get confused with those icons.
So don't feel like "The Lone Ranger"
See the screen snaps in sequence and it will make sense.
Snap 043 shows ( as you mention in your email jpgs) the printer icons are grayed out.
They are grayed out because at present, they are not needed: NO IMAGE IN THE QUEUE.
Snap 044 Shows the button alive, because I put an image in the queue.
The left side printer icon is for printing... If you click it with an image in the queue, you will get the Print Box. Click on that OK and it will start to make the print.
There is also a Properties Button in that box which is a 'back door' or alternate way to the driver in case you want to double check or change something.
Snap 045 shows you that print box.
The other grayed out printer button on the right is not really a print button but a "STOP PRINT" button
Snap 047 shows that button alive with a big red X to click in an OOPS emergency; kill the print, stop the file build. Stop the printer if it started already. (wrong paper, or wrong setting somewhere) It only shows a RED X when the print sequence in working.
It really makes perfect sense. The print button is grayed out is there's nothing in the queue to print, and the RED X to stop the print is not there if there is nothing going on to STOP.
Now I am going to give you slackers a "Time Out", the proverbial stay after school detention.
Qimage Ultimate is a live, hand on, program. It is not your typical, Once a Year Version upgrade, like Photo Shop or Paint Shop.
Mike works with his small crew to better Qimage every day, and that is why you get version upgrades approximately weekly.
The version you had been using was 2016 155. (Nine Months old) Now you are using 2017 114; still not up to date.
I actually reinstalled 2016 155 to remind myself...
You missed so much... The enlarged working area for one. plus oodles of more improvements.
You guys get free upgrades all year for your 19.95 dues. Why aren't you current?
I know some complain that there's too much to relearn when I upgrade... not if you stay current.
I am old, so I remember this stuff.... Computer programming technology (think Smartphone) moves 50 times faster than auto improvents.
Suppose you fell asleep in 1939, and woke up in 1959, "WHERE'S MY CLUTCH"?. I am missing that pedal on the left.
Where's my shift lever?
I apologize for my stern comments, but I am one of those rare people. I always tell the truth.
Hope this helps a bunch of you
Fred