Re: [Finale] printing to pdf problem
Hi Darcy, That seems to be a logical explanation except for a fact I neglected to mention earlier: there was no problem printing the same file to pdf before I made changes in some of the music. That, and the fact that there are no doubles or otherwise unusual part names in this piece. I am convinced that the file is corrupted. An attempt to send it to MM failed because their site was unavailable last night. I'll try again now. Thanks, Chuck On Feb 11, 2008, at 9:28 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Chuck, There is most likely an unacceptable symbol (most likely a slash) in the PART name of one or more of the parts you are trying to print to PDF. When you print linked parts to PDF, Finale creates new PDF files with the following format: yourscorename - thecurrentpartname.mus.pdf So if one of your PART names is, for instance, Alto Sax/Flute 1, or Trumpet/Fluegel 2, Finale tries to create the following files when printing to PDF: Deja Blue - Alto Sax/Flute 1.mus.pdf Deja Blue - Trumpet/Fluegel 2.mus.pdf ... and when OS X tells Finale You can't put a slash in a filename, dummy, Finale provides you the helpful error message. Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 11 Feb 2008, at 8:30 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: Hi Aaron, Yes, it is a (sarcastic tone) helpful message. However, there is no unacceptable symbol in this title Deja Blue.mus as far as I can tell. Still puzzled. Chuck On Feb 11, 2008, at 4:52 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote: At 07:23 PM 2/11/2008, Chuck Israels wrote: I'm printing to pdf (Mac 10.5.1) from Finale and getting an error screen I've never seen before: Please check the printer's power and interface connections. Also check Chooser for correct printer selection. Guess what: The error message has nothing to do with the error! If I remember the discussion correctly, I'm going to guess you're trying to save a PDF that has a character like a slash in the filename (Flute/Piccolo), and slashes aren't allowed in filenames. But isn't that a nice helpful error message from Finale? Chooser?? Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] printing to pdf problem
At 07:23 PM 2/11/2008, Chuck Israels wrote: I'm printing to pdf (Mac 10.5.1) from Finale and getting an error screen I've never seen before: Please check the printer's power and interface connections. Also check Chooser for correct printer selection. Guess what: The error message has nothing to do with the error! If I remember the discussion correctly, I'm going to guess you're trying to save a PDF that has a character like a slash in the filename (Flute/Piccolo), and slashes aren't allowed in filenames. But isn't that a nice helpful error message from Finale? Chooser?? Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] printing to pdf problem
Chuck, There is most likely an unacceptable symbol (most likely a slash) in the PART name of one or more of the parts you are trying to print to PDF. When you print linked parts to PDF, Finale creates new PDF files with the following format: yourscorename - thecurrentpartname.mus.pdf So if one of your PART names is, for instance, Alto Sax/Flute 1, or Trumpet/Fluegel 2, Finale tries to create the following files when printing to PDF: Deja Blue - Alto Sax/Flute 1.mus.pdf Deja Blue - Trumpet/Fluegel 2.mus.pdf ... and when OS X tells Finale You can't put a slash in a filename, dummy, Finale provides you the helpful error message. Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 11 Feb 2008, at 8:30 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: Hi Aaron, Yes, it is a (sarcastic tone) helpful message. However, there is no unacceptable symbol in this title Deja Blue.mus as far as I can tell. Still puzzled. Chuck On Feb 11, 2008, at 4:52 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote: At 07:23 PM 2/11/2008, Chuck Israels wrote: I'm printing to pdf (Mac 10.5.1) from Finale and getting an error screen I've never seen before: Please check the printer's power and interface connections. Also check Chooser for correct printer selection. Guess what: The error message has nothing to do with the error! If I remember the discussion correctly, I'm going to guess you're trying to save a PDF that has a character like a slash in the filename (Flute/Piccolo), and slashes aren't allowed in filenames. But isn't that a nice helpful error message from Finale? Chooser?? Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] printing to pdf problem
Hi Aaron, Yes, it is a (sarcastic tone) helpful message. However, there is no unacceptable symbol in this title Deja Blue.mus as far as I can tell. Still puzzled. Chuck On Feb 11, 2008, at 4:52 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote: At 07:23 PM 2/11/2008, Chuck Israels wrote: I'm printing to pdf (Mac 10.5.1) from Finale and getting an error screen I've never seen before: Please check the printer's power and interface connections. Also check Chooser for correct printer selection. Guess what: The error message has nothing to do with the error! If I remember the discussion correctly, I'm going to guess you're trying to save a PDF that has a character like a slash in the filename (Flute/Piccolo), and slashes aren't allowed in filenames. But isn't that a nice helpful error message from Finale? Chooser?? Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] printing to pdf problem
I'm printing to pdf (Mac 10.5.1) from Finale and getting an error screen I've never seen before: Please check the printer's power and interface connections. Also check Chooser for correct printer selection. Everything works as expected when I actually print to my printer, and if I click preview, Preview creates on screen pdfs. But the error message comes when I try to save as pdf. Ideas? Thanks, Chuck On Feb 11, 2008, at 3:26 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: Aha! So I'm not the only one to have experienced the disappearance of the preferences menu. Good to know the keyboard way to access these options. Thank you, Darcy. Chuck On Feb 11, 2008, at 1:35 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: The Preferences menu item vanishes from time to time. It's a known bug. Use the keyboard shortcuts -- command-, for Program Options and command-shift-A for Document Options. Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 11 Feb 2008, at 3:21 PM, Neal Gittleman wrote: Hi, Again... Question 2. Now that I've installed 2k8 (Mac) and am poking around in it a bit, the first thing I've looked for and can't find is Document Options. Used to be in Finale 200x/Preferences but all I have under Finale 2008 is About Finale... Services Hide Finale Hide Others Show All Quit Finale I'd like to do some preferences tweaking, but can't find em! Thanks... ng ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] printing to pdf problem
I just checked this - the problem is file specific, and it is a conversion from an earlier version of Finale that also exhibits other strange behavior (JABB instruments playing back at incorrect pitches). I'll send the file to Mac support and see if they can solve it. Chuck On Feb 11, 2008, at 4:23 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: I'm printing to pdf (Mac 10.5.1) from Finale and getting an error screen I've never seen before: Please check the printer's power and interface connections. Also check Chooser for correct printer selection. Everything works as expected when I actually print to my printer, and if I click preview, Preview creates on screen pdfs. But the error message comes when I try to save as pdf. Ideas? Thanks, Chuck On Feb 11, 2008, at 3:26 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: Aha! So I'm not the only one to have experienced the disappearance of the preferences menu. Good to know the keyboard way to access these options. Thank you, Darcy. Chuck On Feb 11, 2008, at 1:35 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: The Preferences menu item vanishes from time to time. It's a known bug. Use the keyboard shortcuts -- command-, for Program Options and command-shift-A for Document Options. Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 11 Feb 2008, at 3:21 PM, Neal Gittleman wrote: Hi, Again... Question 2. Now that I've installed 2k8 (Mac) and am poking around in it a bit, the first thing I've looked for and can't find is Document Options. Used to be in Finale 200x/ Preferences but all I have under Finale 2008 is About Finale... Services Hide Finale Hide Others Show All Quit Finale I'd like to do some preferences tweaking, but can't find em! Thanks... ng ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
