On Jan 20, 2006, at 12:18 PM, Kim Patrick Clow wrote:
Since I don't have much experience with larger formats of paper and
use of Finale,
I was wondering if anyone could tell me about Finale's performance?
I'm not sure what the dimensions are for the Barenreiter Urtext
editions (e.g. Complete Mozart Edition,
Telemann Edition, Monterverdi Complete Edition), but they're very
roomy (and very expensive). I'm noticing
whenever you have a project with a lot of instruments in the system or
you have some sophisitcated note patterns, printing on
8.5 X 11 paper makes for small layout and sometimes it's not easy to
read. So I'd like to try my hand
at the "Barenreiter" size. What those dimensions? Does Finale perform
ok at larger dimensions?
I have notice that whenever I used a zoom tool on a PDF, you see
artificats near where beams
cross the note stems, and wondered if this is more apparent when you
print at a much larger format/resolution.
Thank you very much...
I use a Windows version of Finale too...
Kim Patrick Clow
Finale works GREAT on large paper sizes, the question is: how does your
printer do?
I don't know the Barenreiter size, but I print sometimes on 9-1/2 X 12
and also on 11 X 17 and legal (8-1/2 X 14) and it all works great.
There is a bit of fussing around with paper size in several different
dialogue boxes (Mac version), but I have the list of settings on a
Post-It so I don't mess up when I switch over.
The extra inch given at 9-1/2 X 12 increases legibility to an
astounding degree, I find. It's only the cost and the inconvenience
that keeps me from doing all my parts that size. (Some clients want the
simple typewriter-sized paper so they can auto-feed it for
photocopying, and so it will fit in their libraries of that sized
paper.)
As for the PDF, AFAIK it is supposed to print at the resolution of your
printer. This might be a Windows thing, as I haven't noticed any of the
artifacts you mention on my Mac-generated PDFs. You say it prints this
way, and it ISN'T just a screen/display issue?
Christopher
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