Printing
To print
a score
Portrait orientation is the usual setup—the page is taller than it is wide; Landscape
orientation is “sideways.” Letter size is 8.5 by 11 inches; Legal
size is 8.5 by14 inches.
- Choose Page Setup from the File menu.
The Page Setup dialog box appears. Click Letter or Legal to specify the
paper size. Specify the orientation by clicking Portrait or Landscape.
- Make sure your page layout matches the paper
size and orientation you’ve just specified. See Page size for instructions.
- Click OK (or press enter).
If you’re in Page View, go to page 1.
- Choose Update Layout from the Edit menu.
By choosing Update Layout, you’re reformatting the music so that no measures
are unnecessarily wide or narrow.
- Choose Print from the File menu.
The Print dialog box appears letting you specify the range of pages to
print. If you only want the first page to print, type 1 in both the From
and To boxes.
- Click OK (or press enter).
The printer should begin to print in a few moments.
- To cancel printing, press esc
or click Cancel. Because the computer
sends data to the printer faster than the printer can process it, there
will be a momentary pause before the computer and printer stop printing.
To print
large scores by taping smaller pages together
See Tiling
pages for printing.
To
print linked parts
See Printing
linked parts.
To print marching band parts (flip-folder size)
To print marching band parts formatted to print two pages per 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper, stacked vertically:
- Start your marching band score using the "Marching Band" Document Style or "Marching Band" template. See Document Styles and Finale Score Templates. If you are working with a score that you did not start one of these two ways, set the part page size to octavo. To do so: From the Document menu, choose Page Format > Parts. Under Page Size, choose Octavo (6.75 x 10.5), set the orientation to Landscape, and click OK. Then, choose the Page Layout Tool , and from the Page Layout Menu, choose Redefine Pages > [the pages and parts you wish to change to octavo]. Click OK.
- From the File menu, choose Print.
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Click Setup to open your Printer's settings. Set the "Pages per Sheet" option to 2 pages with a portrait orientation. (Do not use the "2-up" option in the Print dialog box.) For example, if you are using an HP printer, in the Print dialog box, click the Setup button. Then, click Properties to show the printer's properties. In the "Layout" tab, set the "Pages per Sheet" to 2. This will put page 1 above page 2 on the same piece of 8.5 x 11 paper. It will also scale the size of the printed area down so it will fit on your printable area.
- Return to the Print dialog box, check the parts you would like to print, and click Print.