On 19.04.2002 17:10 Uhr, Michael Onwood wrote > Hi all, > > I think that the best way to have my printer produce scores is to have him > read my files rather than giving proofs from my printer (which is not that > high a resolution). He can download Finale NotePad and go from there, or > perhaps a better solution is for me to prepare .eps or .tiff files for him to > import into Corel. Here he can deal with page layout and mix in pages from > other programs, like the cover page for instance.
I suggest you investigate the possibilities of PDF. You can get Ghostscript as Shareware and it works well with Finale. If you are on a Mac I can direct you to the right sites and help you set it up (it's not that difficult really). > > I am wondering: > What are the pros and cons re .eps or .tiff? Does one produce better quality > output than the other? EPS is scalable, so it is not resolution dependent and will always produce the best output on a particular postscript printer. However, it will only work with postscript printers. TIFF is a Bitmap format, and it produces very large files depending on resolution. If you want to send such bitmaps via the net it is probably more practical to convert them to GIF which are fine for Black and White images such as scores, and much smaller than TIFFs. Bitmap formats are never a good idea if you are giving something to the printer. > Do I have to copy fonts that he might not have or are they not needed in these > formats? No. Tiff doesn't require them at all, and with EPS you have the option to embed the fonts which makes the EPS portable and independent of installed fonts. PDF can be made the same way. > In making .eps files Finale asks that I switch to a postscript printer; does > that mean that I need the printer drivers from the print shop? > When I select resolution (1200dpi) to match the out put of his machine I get a > very low resolution on screen (72dpi or less) Why is this? > I appreciate the vast wealth or knowledge and experience available on this > list. EPS files do not normally get rendered on screen at all, instead you see a screen graphic which is included in the file so you see something at all. I doubt that you can actually switch the resolution for EPS Export in Finale at all, at least on Mac that's not possible (grayed out), in any case it wouldn't make a difference, because the resulting graphic is a vector graphic that can be scaled to any resolution. Anyway, the only way to look at the EPS itself is either to print it on a PS printer, or by importing it into a vector graphics app that can interpret EPS files (like Illustrator). My advice: If your printer wants to do the final layout, and eventually the stuff gets printed on a postscript device (normally the case at printers), it should be EPS. If you are going to produce the final layout, and just want it to be printed, either get your printers printer driver and compile PS files, or make PDFs. > > PS Are .etf file useful for this purpose? No. > > thanks Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
