It would appear that most printing programs demand note values that equate to actual dots, while player programs will genrally handle any weird fraction you throw at them. How about this one I got from the Mudcat Cafe? It has been automatically converted from a midi (allegedly entered from notation, not played on  a MIDI keyboard). abcMIDIfier plays it without any qualms, but I've got nothing that would even attempt to print it.
 
X: 164
T:Alexander's Hornpipe
M:12/8
L:1/4
Q:1/4=175
K:D
A301/30B14/15c31/30-|
c/60d119/60A21/20F119/60A14/15D119/60A21/20d119/60e61/60-|
e/30f119/60d14/15c21/10d14/15A91/30e119/60f-|
f/20g14/15g21/20g14/15g119/60e21/20f119/60d21/20c119/60d14/15e/20-|
ef21/20e14/15d21/20c14/15B21/20A91/30A14/15B21/20c14/15d/30-|
d39/20A21/20F119/60A21/20D119/60A14/15d21/10e14/15f/60-|
f59/30d21/20c119/60d21/20A35/12e119/60f21/20|
g21/20g14/15g21/20g119/60e14/15f21/10d14/15c119/60d31/30-|
d/60e14/15d21/20d21/20d119/60c14/15d91/30A119/60G61/60-|
G/30F119/60A14/15d119/60A21/20F21/20F14/15A21/20d119/60A14/15G/15-|
G61/30B14/15d119/60B21/20G14/15G21/20B21/20d119/60B14/15A/20-|
A29/15c21/20e119/60c21/20A119/60c14/15e21/10c14/15d/30-|
d39/20f21/20a119/60f21/20g14/15f21/20e14/15d21/20c14/15B21/20F/60-|
F59/30A21/20d119/60A14/15F21/20F21/20A14/15d119/60A21/20|
G119/60B21/20d119/60B14/15G21/20G14/15B21/20d119/60B31/30-|
B/60A119/60c14/15e21/10f14/15g119/60e21/20c119/60d61/60-|
d/30e119/60d14/15d119/60c21/20d91/30||
 
I guess f59/30d21/20c119/60d21/20A35/12e119/60f21/20|
would translate to f2d c2d a3 e2f, but what does "d31/30-|d/60" equate to in dots?
 
Wassail! V

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