Print Layout

Command Location: Score Menu / Score Options / Print Layout Tab

The Print Layout tab allows you to configure particular aspects of the printed page.

The Print Display Window is made up of two check boxes:

Use notation colors on printed pages This check box enables you to choose whether to print any colored sections of the score as they are represented on the screen (Window View) or in black and white.

This option can be particularly useful if you have a color printer, and you are using color on the screen to enhance readability, yet would like to print your scores in black and white to save ink.

These settings are applied in Page View (Print Preview) enabling you to see the final result prior to printing.
Use page textures on printed pages This check box enables you to choose whether to print any page texture you have chosen.

This option can be particularly useful if you have a color printer, and you are using color on the screen to enhance readability, yet would like to print your scores in black and white to save ink.

These settings are applied in Page View (Print Preview) enabling you to see the final result prior to printing.
Score Titles This check box allows you to choose between displaying or hiding the various score titles on the printed page.
  • Score Title (top of the first page)
  • Copyright (not displayed on the score)
  • Composer  (beneath the title, right side, first page)
  • Reference (beneath the title, left side, first page)
  • Footer (bottom of the page, first page and all remaining pages)
  • Header (top of the page, first page and all remaining pages)

See Score Titles for more information.

Print Size The dimensions of all the objects on the printed page are set based on the ‘print size’. The ‘print size’ in points equates to the height of a note head.

The ‘Print Size (in points)’ box will show the figure of 5 by default but this can be adjusted using the left and right arrows on the right-hand side of the box.

Print size is quite different to zooming.  For more information on this topic see Zooming vs Print Size.  The print size effectively determines the physical size of the notation relative to the paper you are printing on.

If you reduce the point figure the entire score will shrink relative to the size of the page, and conversely, the higher the number, the larger the score becomes. E.g. if you increase the figure from 5 to 10 the score may jump from its original length of two pages to four pages, and if you shrink it the score may go from being two pages long to fitting on half a page.

Note: These values only affect Page View and Printed Pages.
Apply The Apply button applies all the changes made to the score without the need to close the dialog box.

 

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