Re: [Finale] TAN: Large-format laser

2006-11-28 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Johannes, I have to say, I'm a little nervous about buying used or refurbished. But, that aside -- does anyone know offhand the differences between those two models? Is it just the speed (PPM)? Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 28 Nov 2006, at 2:31 AM, Johannes

Re: [Finale] OT: IMPORTING FILES REDUX

2006-11-28 Thread dhbailey
Aaron Sherber wrote: At 07:51 PM 11/27/2006, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: I had hoped that I could establish a personal page and publish it on the web (which I think I've done). Yes. Then, onto this page, I had hoped to place (or whatever verb is correct here) a number of fin files, so that

Re: [Finale] WinFin 2007 Printing strangeness

2006-11-28 Thread dhbailey
Noel Stoutenburg wrote: Raymond Horton wrote: I requested help for this WinFin 2007 printing strangeness last week but received almost no suggestions. Perhaps after the holiday someone has some ideas. Brand-new computer, and I had just installed 2007, and created some new documents. When

Re: [Finale] WinFin 2007 Printing strangeness

2006-11-28 Thread dhbailey
Raymond Horton wrote: I requested help for this WinFin 2007 printing strangeness last week but received almost no suggestions. Perhaps after the holiday someone has some ideas. Brand-new computer, and I had just installed 2007, and created some new documents. When printing, after some

[Finale] etf export library ?

2006-11-28 Thread maximilian marcoll
hi! i'm wondering if there's a c/c++/objective-c library for input/output of etf files. maybe someone wrote an etf converter from scratch? (want to add an etf output feature to the cocoa app i'm working on.) any hints where to start? thanks max

RE: [Finale] TAN: Large-format laser

2006-11-28 Thread Williams, Jim
Darcy, I shared your reluctance to buy a used unit, but last Friday was the first anniversary of my buying an HP 5siMX from a local volume dealer here in Indianapolis. I also prematurely retired a Ricoh. I paid $375 for the 5si and it's still going strong. It has the duplexer in it, and it

Re: [Finale] TAN: Large-format laser

2006-11-28 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Hello Darcy, I work with two 5000s and a 5100. The 5100 is faster and the 5000 are older, other than that there are really no differences that I can tell. I have had some font issues where the 5100 would not print properly but the 5000 would printing the same document. I've also had it the other

Re: [Finale] etf export library ?

2006-11-28 Thread Robert Patterson
I don't understand this request. Etf is a proprietary Finale format that has been deprecated by Makemusic. The only source for such a library might have been Makemusic, but since the format is deprecated, don't expect help there. Furthermore, since it is deprecated, I would steer clear of it. On

Re: [Finale] Font Management and Japanese fonts - Hiragana or Katakana

2006-11-28 Thread Robert Patterson
Just being picky: Ki + ya = Kya. Not ka as you stated. I'm following this thread with interest even though I have nothing except banalities like that to add to it. On 11/28/06, Bruce K H Kau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've managed to get something that sorta works. Only thing, is one of the

[Finale] Error message and simple entry message

2006-11-28 Thread Will Denayer
Hello All, I would like to ask two things. First, something happened which really scares me. I wrote a little exercise some days ago. When I tried to open it this morning, I got the following message: ' C:/Documents and Settings/Will/Desktop/MUS/ex21.MUS appears to be corrput; attempting to

Re: [Finale] OT: IMPORTING FILES REDUX

2006-11-28 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Friends, if I man, Just a minor modification to Aaron Sherber's suggestion wrote: In the following quote, where Aaron wrote root, read same; where he wrote subfolder, read different folder, and where he worte SubfolderName/filename.mp3, read different folder path / filename.mp3. First, you

Re: [Finale] Error message and simple entry message

2006-11-28 Thread Marcello Noia
- Original Message - From: Will Denayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 4:25 PM Subject: [Finale] Error message and simple entry message Hello All, I would like to ask two things. First, something happened which really scares me. I wrote a

Re: [Finale] OT: IMPORTING FILES REDUX

2006-11-28 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
In fact, last night, in an attempt to begin my education in these matters, I did go on line and accessed a series of primers on writing links, etc. I think the mud is beginning to clear a bit, and I really am appreciative of all the time you folks have taken to attempt to get me on the

[Finale] OT: help with license/arranging question

2006-11-28 Thread David Froom
Hello, I would like to tap the collective wisdom of the list on a question that has come to me. I can't help this guy, but I hope some of you might know what he should do. Here is his query: I co-arranged and recorded a piece (Nature Boy) with the late composer (Eden Ahbez) who left me

Re: [Finale] Error message and simple entry message

2006-11-28 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Will Denayer wrote: Hello All, I would like to ask two things. First, something happened which really scares me. I wrote a little exercise some days ago. When I tried to open it this morning, I got the following message: ' C:/Documents and Settings/Will/Desktop/MUS/ex21.MUS appears to be

Re: [Finale] WinFin 2007 Printing strangeness

2006-11-28 Thread online_purchase2004
Go into Finale 2007 PreferencesProgram OptionsPrint and Save uncheck Use Finale's Page Orientation instead of the Printer's Orientation. Your print driver settings (such as n-up) should then be respected again, as in Fin 2k6. (Hopefully). One still has to manually change page size and

Re: [Finale] Error message and simple entry message

2006-11-28 Thread dhbailey
Will Denayer wrote: Hello All, I would like to ask two things. First, something happened which really scares me. I wrote a little exercise some days ago. When I tried to open it this morning, I got the following message: ' C:/Documents and Settings/Will/Desktop/MUS/ex21.MUS appears to be

Re: [Finale] FinMac 2005b/PDF Issues?

2006-11-28 Thread online_purchase2004
I can confirm your missing or changed noteheads problem when printing to certain laser printers under OSX. A couple of things: (1) you will generally notice this problem more in longer (larger) files of more than one page. If your only option is to print from Acrobat Reader, you may have

Re: [Finale] Error message and simple entry message

2006-11-28 Thread Phil Daley
At 11/28/2006 10:25 AM, Will Denayer wrote: First, something happened which really scares me. I wrote a little exercise some days ago. When I tried to open it this morning, I got the following message: ' C:/Documents and Settings/Will/Desktop/MUS/ex21.MUS appears to be corrput; attempting to

Re: [Finale] OT: help with license/arranging question

2006-11-28 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
David Froom forwarded: I co-arranged and recorded a piece (Nature Boy) with the late composer (Eden Ahbez) who left me the master, told me how he wanted it produced, asked me to finish it, and see to its distribution. He left his publishing to an aged freind who I am told has no interest.

Re: [Finale] etf export library ?

2006-11-28 Thread Michael Good
Hi Max, i'm wondering if there's a c/c++/objective-c library for input/output of etf files. maybe someone wrote an etf converter from scratch? ETF is no longer supported by Finale as of Finale 2007. 2007 will read ETF files but will not write them. We wrote an ETF converter once, but found

Re: [Finale] TAN: Large-format laser

2006-11-28 Thread Christopher Smith
On Nov 28, 2006, at 3:03 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: I have to say, I'm a little nervous about buying used or refurbished. But, that aside -- does anyone know offhand the differences between those two models? Is it just the speed (PPM)? Don't be too nervous; a refurbished printer is

Re: [Finale] Japanese fonts - Hiragana or Katakana

2006-11-28 Thread Michael Good
Hi Hiro and Bruce, Not sure if I understand this. Is this a WinFin specific thing that I can't find? Yes, it is WinFin specific. And if you can't find it, Japanese text will indeed not work on WinFin. Go to any dialog box for setting fonts in WinFin and there will be a list box in the lower

Re: [Finale] TAN: Large-format laser

2006-11-28 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Nov 28, 2006, at 9:33 AM, Fiskum, Steve wrote: I've had my 5000s since they first came out and have never had to make a call for service, very reliable. They are worth the money IMO. I have never purchased the duplex tray so I have no experience with dulpexing. The duplexer is no

[Finale] TAN: Large-format laser

2006-11-28 Thread RPM Seattle
The 5100's have a faster print server than the 5000's (100baseT ethernet). The 5100 supports Rendezvous networking, not sure that the 5000 does. The printer settings can be managed from your browser on a 5100, not sure the 5000 supports this. I have a duplexer on each of my two 5100s, and

Re: [Finale] OT: help with license/arranging question

2006-11-28 Thread John Howell
At 11:30 AM -0600 11/28/06, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: David Froom forwarded: I co-arranged and recorded a piece (Nature Boy) with the late composer (Eden Ahbez) who left me the master, told me how he wanted it produced, asked me to finish it, and see to its distribution. He left his publishing

[Finale] hard disk error

2006-11-28 Thread Will Denayer
CRC errors are the beginning sign of a failing hard drive. 1..You can run a disk repair tool, and if you haven't done much saving since the error, they can recover bad disk sectors. 2.. Buy a new hard drive immediately. Phil Daley AutoDesk Phil, This cannot be the case. The

Re: [Finale] hard disk error

2006-11-28 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Phil, This cannot be the case. The computer I am using is less than 3 months old. Thank you for the valuable feed-back from everyone. Really. Ok. You are the expert. Hope you have a back up. I'd take Phil's advise. Get a new drive, copy everything off the old one, then take your receipt and

Re: [Finale] hard disk error

2006-11-28 Thread dhbailey
Will Denayer wrote: CRC errors are the beginning sign of a failing hard drive. 1..You can run a disk repair tool, and if you haven't done much saving since the error, they can recover bad disk sectors. 2.. Buy a new hard drive immediately. Phil Daley AutoDesk Phil, This cannot

[Finale] Part Names after Page 1

2006-11-28 Thread Gerry Kirk
In MAC-FIN 07: After page 1, is there a way to generate the instrument's names on their respective parts as either a header or a footer? In other words, the title, and page 2, 3, etc. generate automatically. How can I get Flute 1, Fl 2, etc. generated automatically on pages 2ff? Every time

RE: [Finale] TAN: Large-format laser

2006-11-28 Thread Lee Actor
On Nov 28, 2006, at 9:33 AM, Fiskum, Steve wrote: I've had my 5000s since they first came out and have never had to make a call for service, very reliable. They are worth the money IMO. I have never purchased the duplex tray so I have no experience with dulpexing. The duplexer

Re: [Finale] hard disk error

2006-11-28 Thread David W. Fenton
On 28 Nov 2006 at 19:46, Will Denayer wrote: [quoting Phil Daley:] CRC errors are the beginning sign of a failing hard drive. 1..You can run a disk repair tool, and if you haven't done much saving since the error, they can recover bad disk sectors. 2.. Buy a new hard drive immediately.

Re: [Finale] Part Names after Page 1

2006-11-28 Thread Chuck Israels
Gerry, Set up a text block where you want it to appear in the score (and the parts - I put mine in the upper LH corner) and go to the insert list in the text tool. Insert Score/Part Name and things should work the way you want. Remember to set up the text block Frame Attributes to

Re: [Finale] Part Names after Page 1

2006-11-28 Thread dhbailey
Gerry Kirk wrote: In MAC-FIN 07: After page 1, is there a way to generate the instrument's names on their respective parts as either a header or a footer? In other words, the title, and page 2, 3, etc. generate automatically. How can I get Flute 1, Fl 2, etc. generated automatically on pages

[Finale] Opaque enclosures printing as gray boxes

2006-11-28 Thread Rich Caldwell
Does anyone have any idea why the opaque background behind text in expressions would be printing as a light gray rectangle on some printers? I'm on MacFin2k7, printing as PDF, then this PDF is being printed at Kinko's. I've never seen this happen before. I don't have this problem when

Re: [Finale] Part Names after Page 1

2006-11-28 Thread Randolph Peters
Chuck Israels wrote: The only silly thing about this, in my view, is the necessity to have the Score header on the score pages. Seems to me fairly obvious that it's the score, but I see why it is part of the way the system works. If that is a deal breaker, you can always hide that header

Re: [Finale] TAN: Large-format laser

2006-11-28 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Nov 28, 2006, at 2:32 PM, RPM Seattle wrote: I have a duplexer on each of my two 5100s, and neither one will print duplex (two sided) legal from Mac OSX. This may be a mac driver issue (broken duplexer is ruled out because neither works), but buyer beware, if you want to do legal

Re: [Finale] TAN: Large-format laser

2006-11-28 Thread ThomaStudios
Nope. It's always been an option, usually indicated by a 'd' after the model number. J D Thomas ThomaStudios On Nov 28, 2006, at 2:41 PM, Andrew Stiller wrote: Also, I coulda swore the duplexer was integral to the 5100, not an extra. ___

Re: [Finale] TAN: Large-format laser

2006-11-28 Thread Darcy James Argue
If anyone has any info about whether there is in fact a new-and- improved, more robust duplexer for the LaserJet 5200, I'd be very much obliged. The ability to duplex 100# offset (i.e. 40 lb. bond) paper is a very big priority for me. It sounds like I may be better off simply buying a new

Re: [Finale] TAN: Large-format laser

2006-11-28 Thread Bruce E. Clausen
Darcy: Just for my information, why do you need 100# paper? Everyone else seems satisfied with the lighter weights. I ask because I'm jusst getting ready to set up my own publishing and I would like to feature stock that is more substantial and standworthy than the regular papers. Thanks,

RE: [Finale] TAN: Large-format laser

2006-11-28 Thread Lee Actor
If anyone has any info about whether there is in fact a new-and- improved, more robust duplexer for the LaserJet 5200, I'd be very much obliged. The ability to duplex 100# offset (i.e. 40 lb. bond) paper is a very big priority for me. It sounds like I may be better off simply buying a new

Re: [Finale] TAN: Large-format laser

2006-11-28 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Lee, I'd be very surprised if the duplexer for the 5200 involved any substantial engineering changes from the 5100 duplexer. In any case, it's rated for a max paper weight of 120 g/sq.m., which is equivalent to 32 lb. bond or 80 lb. offset, so I suspect the 100 lb. offset paper (148

Re: [Finale] TAN: Large-format laser

2006-11-28 Thread Darcy James Argue
I wrote: No -- although you're right that I didn't mean 67 lb. bond. I'm talking about letter-size Hammermill Cover Stock, which is advertised as 67 lb., but checking the packaging, I see it's 148 g/m2. This is close to 40 lb. bond and just a bit thicker than the 9x12 100# offset paper I

RE: [Finale] TAN: Large-format laser

2006-11-28 Thread Lee Actor
I'd be very surprised if the duplexer for the 5200 involved any substantial engineering changes from the 5100 duplexer. In any case, it's rated for a max paper weight of 120 g/sq.m., which is equivalent to 32 lb. bond or 80 lb. offset, so I suspect the 100 lb. offset paper (148

[Finale] Fin 2K7 Version?

2006-11-28 Thread Neal Gittleman
Is Finale 2007 still the latest version out? No 2007a yet? ng ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Fin 2K7 Version?

2006-11-28 Thread Chuck Israels
Yes, still 2007. They are still working on the maintenance update. Chuck On Nov 28, 2006, at 6:40 PM, Neal Gittleman wrote: Is Finale 2007 still the latest version out? No 2007a yet? ng ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] TAN: Large-format laser

2006-11-28 Thread Raymond Horton
I like my Ricoh AP2610 very much. I don't own the duplexer, and I don't use the bypass tray for large paper, or even for letter-sized paper. For double-sided printing, no matter what the quantity, I simply load the paper, after printing one side, into the regular tray. Works quite well.

Re: [Finale] WinFin 2007 Printing strangeness

2006-11-28 Thread Raymond Horton
Well, I don't know what's going on. The first two new files I entered in 2007 printed incorrectly. I was able to get one of them to eventually to print correctly but not the other.Now my newly-created 2007 files seem to be printing OK. That 8-part vocal score and parts won't print