In-staff Lines Not Printing Correctly

Dorico
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I used the line tool to create an in-staff squiggly line for a harpist. In Dorico it looks like this:

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When I print to PDF, however, I get this:

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To create this, I entered all of the running 32nd notes, then changed their size to 0% or 1%. (This has the advantage of saving horizontal space in the score.) Any insights into what the problem might be? It seems that what I’m seeing is all of the stems.

2

Firstly, are there stems? Secondly, make sure you’re printing Mono, not Colour, if you’re using Opacity to hide stuff.

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  1. Yes, there are stems. I tried changing the notes back to 100% size in properties, then going into Engraver mode to hide each stem. I gave up. Too much work.
  2. I’m using note size — not color/opacity — to hide them. But I’ll double-check for mono.
4

I always thought it was the other way around.

5

You could be right. If in doubt; toggle the setting!

Yes: on reflection, Colour is required for opacity to work.

6

Oh, I haven’t got time to click a button!

7

Did you also hide their stems in engrave mode? Seems like the easiest solution to me.