Note. you must have a Postscript Printer
to perform these steps.
- Set the page size of your score to the proper
size. Use either Document > Page Format for Parts or the Page Layout tool. (See Page
layout or Page
size.) When entering the final, taped-together page dimensions,
the key is to subtract one inch for each page that will be side-by-side
with another. If your score is to be 11 by 16 inches, for example, it
will be composed of two letter-size pages taped together. Therefore, set
the page height to 10 inches (not 11). For the width, enter 15 inches
(remember, you’re subtracting one inch for each page that will be side-by-side).
By subtracting one inch from each dimension
in this way, you provide for a half-inch margin of overlap on each page,
so that the resultant pages will be easier to tape together.
- Choose Utilities > Update Layout.
- Choose File > Compile PostScript Listing. The Compile PostScript Listing dialog box appears.
- Click Tile Pages. Specify the page range and
the size of the component pages (Letter or Legal) on which you’ll be printing.
Click Center Music on Page if you want the printed image of the
full score page to be centered on the taped-together physical page; if
you don’t specify this option, the music will appear beginning in the
upper-left corner of each full-size page, requiring you to cut off the
extra paper on the right and bottom margins, if necessary.
If you also select Include All Fonts in
Listing, Finale will embed the actual music fonts into the PostScript
file. The resulting file will be larger, but you won’t have to worry that
your music fonts aren’t installed on the computer that will ultimately
be doing the printing.
- Click Compile. To print the resultant
compiled file, you’ll need a downloading program such as the LaserWriter
Font Utility. For more information, see PostScript.
For best results, have a paper cutter on hand to trim the default quarter-inch
margins created by a PostScript printer on each page that you’ll be taping
together.
