He Lies To Me.dorico (2.1 MB)
This is a time sensitive issue! I need to send off this score, which means I need to get the PDF. It keeps freezing at 99% Loading Layouts. No other files have this issue. I have multiple versions of this file due to having uploaded it to forums for a different issue and getting an amended copy back. None of them print!
Can I help you with this?
01 - Full score - He Lies To Me.pdf (144.7 KB)
04 - Piccolo - He Lies To Me.pdf (58.4 KB)
01 - Eb Flute - He Lies To Me.pdf (58.6 KB)
05 - Flute - He Lies To Me.pdf (59.2 KB)
03 - Alto Flute - He Lies To Me.pdf (58.3 KB)
02 - Bass Flute - He Lies To Me.pdf (58.0 KB)
06 - Voice - He Lies To Me.pdf (59.4 KB)
Just opened your file, went to Print Mode, selected all layouts, destination graphics, PDF, export …
Don’t know if it matters: I’m on a Mac, Dorico 6.1.10
That’s great for now, but that doesn’t solve the problem of why it’s not printing. I may have to edit the parts yet. I’d imagine it still wouldn’t work once I’ve exported the parts. And I know how to print, mind you. I can’t even get as far as you did because again it is literally freezing. It’s game over as soon as I click print in the file menu. And no other files are failing to print.
Well, looks like you got me. I forget that button exists as none of my other creative programs have it. I did that and it loaded fine, and now it is not freezing from the file menu either. Thanks. Not going to wonder what got into it in the first place.
Can you print pdf to file rather than printer? Might give that a try and then load that PDF file and do a standard print from your pdf reader.
At the time I think what you describe would have been impossible. I could not load the PDF and print from reader because I could not obtain the PDF file in the first place. When I said print in original post, I meant obtain PDF, not physical copy. Dorico is confusing for that. In Finale, print was print and export PDF was export PDF.
The world has moved on since then as you can now “print” to PDF…
Well, for further pedantics, I believe print to PDF has been a thing for a long time well before then. It’s in MS Word’s menu. But I’ve never had a program solely call that printing until Dorico, nor have I ever had to print, export, or otherwise convert a document to PDF until I started using notation software. Certainly never had to in MS Word. On the rare occasion a PDF was needed, you simply save it as that file type. Which is not something I’d expect notation software to do.
Yes, because MS created their “print to pdf” virtual printer.
(I’m no expert on the differences) but you can either “export graphics” using Dorico to create the pdf (or some other graphic format) or “print” using a 3rd party virtual pdf printer.
Regardless of what other programs do, Dorico’s modes are all explained in the Guided Tour that launches the very first time you open the app.
If you were unaware that Dorico exported graphics from its Print mode, then I’d suggest going back to look over some of the introductory videos that showcase the basic functions.
For me, there’s no difference between File > Print and the Print mode tab: both do the same thing.
I didn’t say I was unaware, I said I’d forgotten it was there.
Sometimes when folks try to be helpful, it comes across a little judgy, unintentionally. Keep reaching out as needed and many of us are here to help if we can. We all forget things from time to time as my old brain will attest.
Okay, so for the second time in a row now, I am once again unable to get the PDFs for an important project being performed in two weeks. This time none of my workarounds work. Duplicated the file, updated Dorico, restarted my laptop, accessed the print page from all three methods, nothing works. Keeps freezing on the Loading Layouts. And it’s too big for me to upload here and have someone else print.
You could upload to Dropbox or something similar and post a link here.
Upload to Dropbox or similar. We’ll take a look. Dedtails please: Mac or Windows, Dorico version, details of PDF reader and printers you use.
Windows, 6.2.30.6245, and the printer is just Dorico’s native Print Graphics function to get the PDFs.
Here you go.
01 - Full score - Dirweight.pdf (769.2 KB)
Edit:
I have sent the parts to you in 2 private messages
I know that this is an old thread but in case you’re seeking help as I was… My problem was that my print range (I indicated a specific range) was one page number past the actual number of pages I had. When I fixed that it worked. Wish it could have warned me… “Your page range does not match your score” e.g. Maybe this helps someone.
Hi @donald.mccullough, and welcome to the Dorico forum.
Yes, I’ve fallen for that myself a few times, although in my case it was usually because I had specified only page 1. This was followed, of course, by some amount of puzzling as to why only the 1st page printed (and a facepalm when my brain started working again).
In the case of the file uploaded by @AutisticFinale, I simply opened the project, went to Print, selected the layouts in the lefthand column, selected Destination > Graphics in the righthand column, and finally clicked on Export. It worked for Mono and Color and also when the Destination folder was changed. I did not need to change anything in Print range: - it was set to All.
