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Nikk P.
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  		   Posted 9/11/2016 8:53 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
My off-center printing was happening (is happening) on both PDFs and on hard copies sent to my laser printer.

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Dr. Wiggy
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  		   Posted 9/11/2016 8:32 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Michael - working on a Sunday...?

If you don't have ANY printer installed, then there's nothing to select when you try to add a print queue. So click on the IP tab, and enter as follows:



Alternatively, you could add a dedicated Print-to-File print queue, such as CUPS-PDF, or my pswrite software on github.

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  		   Posted 9/11/2016 8:27 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
HI Daz:
Excellent feedback, I'll pass along.

Dr. Wiggy gets it right. There is an issue in the Cocoa Printing API (MacOS) that presents itself when you don't have a printer installed.

Thanks for all your help gentlemen. I do hope we can get Nikk on his way.
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Michael Johnson

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  		   Posted 9/11/2016 2:40 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
MM seems to suggest that there's a bug in MacOS that if you don't have any Postscript printers, then margins will be off in the printers that you do have when you print to PDF. (It's not clear whether Nikk was having this problem on paper or PDF.

1. In System Preferences, add a second queue for your printer. (Apple calls it "adding a printer", but you can have multiple instances for the same device, so it's adding a print queue really.)
2. Name the printer something like "Postscript"
3. In the drop-down list marked "Use" at the bottom, select "Generic Postscript Printer".

Then use this print queue for Save As PDF.

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  		   Posted 9/10/2016 10:54 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Hi Michael

I don't own a Mac, but I found the wording of that helpdesk article a confusing.
Particularly the line " ...please try and add a printer (any printer your own) to the..."

Do you mean to say that people should add a generic postscript printer in addition to any printer they own?

I wonder if that particular article might be re-written to be clearer?


Cheers...

Daz. :o)

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  		   Posted 9/10/2016 10:34 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
If you are attempting to print PDFs and they are off center, here's a knowledge base article:
https://makemusic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/226922648-Margin-alignment-off-center-when-printing-to-PDF-Mac-

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  		   Posted 9/9/2016 12:49 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Congratulations. I know how much work and stress that can be for a person.
May it last as long as you would like it to last. (the celebration, that is)

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  		   Posted 9/9/2016 11:50 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Congrats, doc, from one Ph.D. to another. All page sizes are set correctly, as are print outputs.

I am using an old template, so...maybe I'll try starting a new one from scratch.

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I'm temporarily celebrating the award of my PhD. It won't last. :p

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  		   Posted 9/8/2016 4:35 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
DOCTOR Wiggy? Please explain. I know that with your superior knowledge and experience with Finale, you've been healing patients on this forum for some time now.
But I'm guessing that based on that fact, you just didn't decide to start identifying yourself as "Dr."

Thomas Smith
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  		   Posted 9/8/2016 4:12 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Is the page size correct and set to landscape? What happens if you PDF them?
Note that there's a Page size is Page Setup AND in the print menu itself.

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Nikk P.
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  		   Posted 9/8/2016 4:01 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Hello all,

I've had Finale 25 for two weeks, but today was the first time that I had to print out linked parts...

Firstly, I wish Finale hadn't made it an extra step to print out parts...took me a while to find the options to print out specific parts.

Secondly - my parts in landscape mode come out off-center, with a LOT of white space at the top. Is there a way to fix that that anyone's discovered?

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