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Zuill
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| Posted 6/27/2015 4:41 PM (GMT -6) |   | I have been using CutePDF and have never had a problem.
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Motet
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Charles Lawrence
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| Posted 6/27/2015 5:55 PM (GMT -6) | | Just to clarify as few details, if you have CutePDF or some other "virtual" printer installed on you computer, then any program that prints, including Finale, should have a way to select which printer you want to use. In my case, I don't have CutePDF, but PDFCreator, among others. In the Finale print dialog box, press "Setup" to be able to choose your printer. The document will be printed by the "virtual" printer. Depending on the "virtual" printer settings/options, and/or the "Properties" button, you may or may not have to supply a destination path/filename for the resultant PDF document. The attached images should make it clear.
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Zuill
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| Posted 6/27/2015 6:44 PM (GMT -6) | | With CutePDF, just choose Custom Page Size and set it for whatever you want.
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Charles Lawrence
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| Posted 6/27/2015 8:10 PM (GMT -6) | | PDFCreator offers a multitude of paper size options, but the ability to set your own custom size is not among them. You have to choose one of the supplied sizes that is closest to what you want. Finale has a size called Concert, 9"x12", but that is not a choice in PDFCreator. The closest to your preferred size of 9 1/2" x 12 1/2" seems to be C4, approximately 9" x 12 3/4". Be sure to check "1-up fit to page" in the Finale printer dialog.
BTW, you can choose paper size in the print setup dialog box without having to go to "Properties -> Advanced". The dropdown list changes to support whatever print driver you have chosen.
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Charles Lawrence
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| Posted 6/27/2015 10:38 PM (GMT -6) | | |
Excellent tip Motet!  I did not know you could do that. I tried it and it worked for me on Win8.1 and PDFCreator.
Go to "Control Panel -> Devices and Printers", select the printer icon you want to add/delete/modify printer page sizes for, and select the "Print server properties" button along the top. The "Print server properties" dialog box will open. Select the "Forms" tab. You can then add a new form, change the properties of an existing form, or delete an existing form. To add a form, you have to change an existing form to have the dimensions you want, but be sure to check "Create a new form" and give it a new name and dimensions before pressing "Save Form" and then "OK".
You can also start the above procedure by pressing the "Change Form Settings" button along the bottom of the dialog box.
"Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about!"
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5930K CPU with 6 dual core processors @ 3.50 GHz (12 threads)
32 GB RAM
Realtek High Definition on board audio
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 GPU with 4GB ram
512 GB SSD system disk
Four 4TB and one 1TB internal SATA HD's
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Professional with Media Center x64 Edition, (06.03.9600.00)
Finale versions: 2011b.r2, 2012c.r13, 2014d.v5030
GPO4.02
Cakewalk SONAR X3
"There is a world of difference between a person who has a big problem and a person who makes a problem big." – John Maxwell
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bvstudios
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| Posted 6/29/2015 11:08 PM (GMT -6) | | Michel R. E. said...OCTO. said...
You can use Acrobat Pro CS2 to print it to a PDF file.
CS2 is free. free if you already have a licence.
Dang! For a moment, I thought Adobe had done something nice.
Always a hitch, isn't there?
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musikai
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| Posted 6/30/2015 5:20 AM (GMT -6) | | Search for it and you can get it.
It's some kind of grey zone. Adobe released the download with the serial numbers for people that own a licence but couldn't activate anymore because they shutted down the licence server.
So legally it is for people with licence but Adobe doesn't care too much about it. Even in printed computer magazines it was reported as "free" software. So if you don't go commercial it would be ok I think. For commercial purposes better be true and get a licence. | | Back to Top | |
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