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Xanthor

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« Reply #20 on: January 07, 2009, 02:49:21 am »

Skeptical?    Have faith my good man    

Or skeptical that it couldent possibly be that simple.  

Actually autorotate WAS working ... and it was just protecting you from your 16.95" roll   ....   It's a feature  
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« Reply #21 on: January 07, 2009, 02:50:46 am »

You both beat me to it, I was going to suggest the same thing (make paper size 16.95). The other thing to do is try to reload paper to see if it recognizes it as 17". This odd size issue happens to me often on sheets I cut myself but not too often on rolls.

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« Reply #22 on: January 07, 2009, 09:12:01 am »

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You both beat me to it, I was going to suggest the same thing (make paper size 16.95). The other thing to do is try to reload paper to see if it recognizes it as 17". This odd size issue happens to me often on sheets I cut myself but not too often on rolls.

- Doug
One reason for the odd sizes is that the Z3100 likes to maintain fixed margins, and unequal ones, for that matter.  In Qimage, you can reset the margins to zero, or whatever you want them to be, and the Z seems to be satisfied.
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« Reply #23 on: January 07, 2009, 10:03:30 am »

My shiny new Z3100 is being trucked towards me as i write this, and I've been reading this thread with interest.

I have a question about Qimage: Does this print Photoshop files (psd) or do they need to be converted to something else first?

I've been putting together a doc to help others when printing in Photoshop to our 130 and the procedures are overly cumbersome, to put it mildly. Qimage might be a simpler solution.

Also Qimage has 3 versions. Is there any reason to get other than the Studio edition?

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« Reply #24 on: January 07, 2009, 11:30:51 am »

Justan,

It does print PSD files but its really recommended to use TIFF files.  Even Adobe doesn't like PSD files much anymore.  Best practice is to flatten your work to a TIFF and print that.

Qimage Studio has the ability store 100 print sizes and takes advantage of hyperthreading and multi-cores - those alone made it worthwhile for me.  Check out the comparisons of versions here.


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« Reply #25 on: January 07, 2009, 02:59:23 pm »

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I have a question about Qimage: Does this print Photoshop files (psd) or do they need to be converted to something else first?
It will do PSD files, as far as I remember.  However, I have used Tiffs and Layered Tiffs for the past couple of years, and prefer them.  The only thing I know that chokes Qimage is a file with 4 or more channels, which Qimage seems not to understand.  On the other hand, I softproof in Photoshop, and include a layer group consisting of the softproof tweaks.  What I really like about Qimage is that it will open the file full screen and softproof it, including the tweaked layergroup.  When the print emerges from the Z3100 I compare it (under appropriate light) to the softproof on the Qimage screen.

One thing that is essential is to note the paper profile and rendering intent you used in Photoshop for softproofing, and make sure that Qimage is using the same profile and rendering intent.

Qimage Studio also has the best interpolation method of the three versions, although I have been extremely happy with the Hybrid interpolation of the Pro version.  Eventually, when the piggybank begins to recover, I will probably upgrade to the Studio version.
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« Reply #26 on: January 08, 2009, 03:04:05 pm »

Thanks for this excellent feedback! I’ll put qimage on the short list of things to get.

This site is a fabulous and very interesting resource!!!

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« Reply #27 on: January 08, 2009, 04:00:52 pm »

A good reason to use Tiff or JPEG is the recognition of the original image size in the file by Qimage. It doesn't do that with PSD files which can lead to errors if the size was set in Photoshop and Qimage's setting is made to Original Size.


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« Reply #28 on: January 08, 2009, 04:52:46 pm »

I have yet to have Q recognize the image size from a tiff, psd, jpeg, whatever. I just stopped hoping it would. It never recognizes my psd files either. I just put it down to Qimage and windows wierdness.

Bill

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A good reason to use Tiff or JPEG is the recognition of the original image size in the file by Qimage. It doesn't do that with PSD files which can lead to errors if the size was set in Photoshop and Qimage's setting is made to Original Size.


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« Reply #29 on: January 09, 2009, 03:24:25 am »

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I have yet to have Q recognize the image size from a tiff, psd, jpeg, whatever. I just stopped hoping it would. It never recognizes my psd files either. I just put it down to Qimage and windows wierdness.

Bill

Bill,

If you go to the menu custom sizes> pop up menu special sizes and switch original size on, you should check at the top right corner whether override original size is switched on. Switch it off.

All of the TIFFs and JPEGs that I export from Photoshop have their original size recognised. The same applies to files from customers, I encourage them to set a size there as it gives less confusion than sending me images with an explanation how large they should be. Setting the size in PS doesn't mean that the images have to be resampled in PS, that can be done better in Qimage.

It could be that TIFFs, JPEGs from other sources do not have the right size descriptions but in my experience they all work with few exceptions.


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« Reply #30 on: January 09, 2009, 05:10:36 am »

Thanks, Ernst, I will try it. I don't pretend to be a expert in Qimage!

Bill

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Bill,

If you go to the menu custom sizes> pop up menu special sizes and switch original size on, you should check at the top right corner whether override original size is switched on. Switch it off.

All of the TIFFs and JPEGs that I export from Photoshop have their original size recognised. The same applies to files from customers, I encourage them to set a size there as it gives less confusion than sending me images with an explanation how large they should be. Setting the size in PS doesn't mean that the images have to be resampled in PS, that can be done better in Qimage.

It could be that TIFFs, JPEGs from other sources do not have the right size descriptions but in my experience they all work with few exceptions.


Ernst Dinkla

Try: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wide_Inkjet_Printers/
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« Reply #31 on: January 26, 2009, 01:50:30 pm »

Quote from: Xanthor
Skeptical?    Have faith my good man    

Or skeptical that it couldent possibly be that simple.  

Actually autorotate WAS working ... and it was just protecting you from your 16.95" roll   ....   It's a feature  

So what are the settings if the roll is 24 inches wide?  (23.95 inches).

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