Thank you Andrew for that insight into printing relationship with page layout.
I had never understood why page orientation in Finale is not transferred to printer. That is, printer defaults to portrait even if Finale is to Landscape. Now I understand the logic! Related question- I do a lot of A5 printing (Marching band, carol books, hymn tunes etc) and, unless I feed paper twice, I waste half an A4 sheet on each print. I use a very basic, (but great result) home office printer, one tray (A4) FS3500 Kyocera Laser-. Can I ask it to print two A5 (2 up?)on each sheet? If so- how? Cheers Keith in Hot OZ Keith Helgesen. Director of Music, Canberra City Band. Ph: (02) 62910787. Band Mob. 0436-620587 Private Mob 0417-042171 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Stiller Sent: Friday, 14 January 2005 7:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Finale] Page Margins printing question > I'm using Finale Mac 2004, and there's something I've never been able > to = > figure out, over several generations of use. When I set the page > margins > = > in a typical piece of software, nothing gets printed by the > software = > outside of those margins. With Finale, the left page margin in > page = > layout runs just along the left side of any system that touches > the = > margin, but to the right of any piano braces. I can set the page > margin, > = > but (e.g.) names of instruments or piano braces might print, even > if = > they are outside of the page margin. > Can anyone describe the relationship in Finale between the page > margins > = > set in the page layout tool, and the page margins set in page > setup? = > Many thanks in advance. > Geoff Whittall The page margin is not a printing margin, but a layout margin, defining, as you have observed, the default l/r/top/bottom positions of the systems. The printing margin is related to Finale's page *size* settings, not the page *margin.* On a Mac, the printing margin is determined partly by Page Setup and partly by whatever printer you have. If you select, e.g., "US Letter (small)" in Page Setup/Page Size, your printer will not print anything less than 1/2" from the edge of the paper, regardless of what you've done in Finale's layout window. Generally, you want the page size in Page Setup to be the same as the page size in the Finale layout window, but there are times when it is useful to have them different. For example, if you want to print an extracted part as folded double sheets, you should set the Finale page size to US Letter (or A4), portrait orientation, but set the Page Setup/Page Size to Tabloid/Ledger/11X17 (or A3), landscape orientation, and choose "2-up" when printing. This will result in two Finale pages being printed side-by-side on each large sheet of paper. ------------------ Not to confuse things, but I feel the need to comment on Finale's *system* margins. As noted above, the default l/r position of systems is defined by the page margins. The l/r system margins should normally be set at zero, and changed only for individual systems (such as the indented system at the beginning of a mvt.) that do not for whatever reason follow the default. From some of the files that are sent me, I realize that many users don't understand this, and set the page margin where the brackets or staff names go, but this just creates unnecessary layout difficulties. Andrew Stiller Kallisti Music Press http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.10 - Release Date: 10/01/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.10 - Release Date: 10/01/2005 _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
