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Re: QTRgui - Forced landscape rotation

2007-02-08 by cosmoelsol

Thanks, Roy. I haven't thought that it will be that simple but will 
check it out.

Best,
Thai



--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, Roy Harrington <roy@...> wrote:
>
> Thai,
> 
> There's no trouble printing your images "horizontally".   I do it 
all 
> the time.
> You have to create a custom paper size for it.   Remember width is 
> still width
> and length is length.   The standard A2 is 17 width and 22 
length.   If 
> you want
> 22 width and 17 length then you have to create that paper size.  
Also
> remember "portrait" means don't rotate the image, "landscape" 
means 
> rotate
> the image.
> 
> Borderless is not supported.
> 
> Roy
> 
> On Wednesday, February 7, 2007, at 09:43  AM, Stephen Billard 
wrote:
> 
> > Roy will have to answer this one. He is the author of the 
printing 
> > engine. I
> > just did the GUI for Windows. I am really ignorant about most of 
QTR.
> >
> >
> > -Stephen
> >  www.sbillard.org/Stephen
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com 
[mailto:QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com] 
> > On Behalf
> > Of cosmoelsol
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 3:57 AM
> > To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: QTRgui - Forced landscape rotation
> >
> > Hi Stephen
> >
> > I have raised a question related to this topic a couple of days 
ago 
> > but have not
> > received any response from this forum.
> >
> > The challenge I am facing is that I am using my Epson Pro 7600 
(24") 
> > and want to
> > print out A2 images horizontally in roll sheet mode.
> > Epson driver allows me to do so from PS CS2 with the auto 
rotating 
> > function,
> > which really rotates the image on the final print. Is there such 
an 
> > option in
> > Quadtone, or something like that foreseen in the near future?
> > Further, I would like to print borderless. Do you intend to 
implement 
> > this too?
> >
> > I am a Window user.
> >
> > Thanks a lot.
> > Thai
> >
> >
> > --- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Billard" <stephen@>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Ok,
> >>
> >> That can be fixed. Maybe it can get into the next release of 
QTR.
> >>
> >>
> >> -Stephen
> >>  www.sbillard.org/Stephen
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
> >> Of Mike Dawson
> >> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 6:08 PM
> >> To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
> >> Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: QTRgui - Forced landscape rotation
> >>
> >> Again, thanks for the fast reply.
> >>
> >> I just did some testing.  This is repeatable every time.  If 
Auto-
> > Orient is
> >> checked in the options menu then the image will auto-rotate 
every
> > time when the
> >> "Print" button pressed.  So if the image rotates on load and 
then
> > I override the
> >> orientation selected by QTRgui, QTRgui will then auto-orient the
> > image again
> >> when Print is pressed.
> >>
> >> Whether you consider this a bug or not I don't know.  But as 
long
> > as I know how
> >> it operates I can deal with it.
> >>
> >> Mike
> >>
> >> --- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Billard" <stephen@>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> The auto rotation happens only when the picture is loaded or 
the
> >> AutoOrient
> >>> option is checked.
> >>>
> >>> Other things that could (somehow) be happening:
> >>>
> >>> The Portrait/Landscape radio box is getting clicked.
> >>> The picture is dragged and dropped without your noticing.
> >>>
> >>> There is NO orientation done at printing time. AutoOrient would
> >> never rotate the
> >>> picture to the wrong aspect.
> >>>
> >>> -Stephen
> >>>  www.sbillard.org/Stephen
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
> >> [mailto:QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
> >>> Of Mike Dawson
> >>> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 5:11 PM
> >>> To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
> >>> Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: QTRgui - Forced landscape rotation
> >>>
> >>> Stephen,
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for the reply.  It sounds like you're saying that you
> > don't
> >> know why
> >>> QTRgui would start doing this.  I know about the auto-rotate
> > option
> >> (which I
> >>> usually have selected).  This was definitely not happening 
when I
> >> loaded the
> >>> image.  It was happening when I pressed the "Print" button.
> >>>
> >>> Let me ask you this.  The one picture I was trying to print was
> >> square but
> >>> perhaps 0.1" inch wider than taller.  The other image that did
> > this
> >> was the ink
> >>> separation calibration image, which is wider than taller.  The
> >> calibration page
> >>> would load in landscape orientation as expected.  I would then
> >> change the
> >>> orientation to portrait.
> >>>
> >>> Do you think this could be the issue?  You say auto-rotation is
> > not
> >> supposed to
> >>> happen at print time.  But maybe that is what is actually
> >> happening???
> >>>
> >>> Mike
> >>>
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