Hi Robert,

The PDFs I have generated from Finale files with embedded EPS graphics for 
percussion keys do not display correctly (they were highly pixellated) but 
printed correctly, at least on my printer. I never got the blank page problem 
etc.

Cheers,

- DJA
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On Nov 14, 2013, at 12:32 PM, Robert Patterson <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> I had terrible problems with EPS when I tried to generate PDF files. First,
> you have to generate PS, then use Preview to convert to PDF. Otherwise, you
> just get the thumbnail of the EPS.
> 
> But worse than that, I had situations where no matter what I did Finale
> would generate blank pages, or pages with the wrong fonts, depending on
> printer driver. This was a problem in Fin08. Do you not still encounter it?
> 
> Bottom line is, it is a terrible annoyance that they did not include PDF
> when they supposedly rewrote the Graphics Tool.
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Darcy James Argue <[email protected]>wrote:
> 
>> Hi Robert,
>> 
>> EPS still works for me in this situation in Fin2012.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> - DJA
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>> WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org
>> 
>> On Nov 14, 2013, at 12:06 PM, Robert Patterson <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Does anyone have a suggestion for how to show a chart for a percussion
>>> staff? I am specifically thinking about a drum set, but I'm assuming it
>>> could be generalized to any mixed percussion on a single staff.
>>> 
>>> I know what it should look like. The issue is how to put it in Finale. In
>>> the past I exported an EPS graphic from a secondary Finale file, but it
>>> turn out Finale's Graphics tool is sketchy on EPS support. I don't want
>> to
>>> use a raster graphic format like Tiff. Does anyone have a better idea?
>>> 
>>> (If ONLY the Graphic Tool would import PDF files!)
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