On 3/13/2013 12:27 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: > On Wed, March 13, 2013 12:22 pm, Peter Taylor wrote: >> The problem with printing direct from Finale to a PDF driver such as >> CutePDF, is that the staff lines appear to be of varying thicknesses when >> you view the PDF file. Curiously they actually print OK on paper but they >> look really ugly on the screen. They certainly don't create a good >> impression! >> >> The way round this is to use the Compile Postscript Listing command (in the >> File menu), which creates a ".PS" file. You can't send this directly to >> your printer on Windows, so I use a free utility program called Printfile: >> http://www.lerup.com/printfile/ >> >> You simply drag the PS file onto the Printfile icon and it is sent directly >> to your PDF driver. The output is superb. > > Just a reminder that "Compile Postscript Listing" on earlier versions of > Finale Windows did not export the graphics embedded in the score. That may > have changed. I don't know because I haven't used Compile recently because (at > least with FinWin 2011) printing to PDF works correctly on screen displays > and produces compact files. > > Dennis >
Printing to PDF has never been a problem for me either -- I've used CutePDF, I've used PDF995, these days the PDF printer driver on my Win8 system is Gaaiho although I also have a Scansoft PDF printer driver that I've never tried. I don't think I ever messed with the "Compile Postscript Listing" so I can't speak to how that may or may not have worked. -- David H. Bailey [email protected] http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
