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PostScript

See also Encapsulated PostScript (EPS); Fonts and Compile PostScript Listing dialog box.  

PostScript is the page-description language that computers and some printers use when they “speak” to each other. Finale’s printouts look best when generated by a PostScript printer.

In Page View, you can choose the Show PostScript Preview command (in the View menu). When you choose this command, Finale “prints” the actual PostScript instructions onto your screen—the same instructions that it would send to a PostScript printer. Except for the fact that the screen resolution is much coarser than that of a PostScript printer, the Show PostScript Preview command provides the most accurate possible preview of how your music will look when it’s printed. When you click the mouse, the display returns to normal.

 

 

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