peter_banks

Glad to be of help. Let me know when you get the program what your results are like.

Qimage has lots of options and I'm still learning and Mike updates the program quite often. When you purchase you get updates for life. Keep an eye on the "About Qimage" under help as this detects when an update is available.

Good luck and I'm pleased I could help.

Yes Thomas it's that good. Better sharpening. Photoshop's sharpening engine is several years old now. I think it's still back in the P/S 5 days. The best way to use the program is to use the filter within P/S CS2 and then use Qimage to change size and then print. There are preset sizes plus you can create your own. Layout is simple and the results are amazing.

I took a file from my Canon 20D and blew it up to 36" x 24" using Qimage and then took it to a friend who had a NZ$5000 Colorgate Rip and printered the same size image and there was very little difference. The color was more yellow with Qimage but I had not done any calibration on my system. The difference between programs was very minimal.

Here is the link to the Qimage site http://www.ddisoftware.com/

Also here is another link to their forums http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/view_forum.php?id=33

Good Luck

I have the Epson 4800 and 7800 printers and I have found a RIP not that necessary on a 4800. The best option for 4800 and 7800 is a program called Qimage. It does all you are asking, for US$49.95. Layout, sharpening, pixel enlargement, colour management.

Get the free download and they also have a profiler program as well which I haven't purchased. I currently use the Spyder 2 Pro.

Hope that helps.

Peter Banks