Staff lines not conistently printing
I have printed a score today for which the staff lines periodically failed to appear. There were one to four lines for a given part per page that did not print. On the next page that part seems to be fine. I did not set any of them to be invisible that I know of. Can't for the life of me figure this out. Can you help?
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Helping would be lots easier if you'd share the score with us.
In reply to Helping would be lots easier… by jeetee
OK, attached is a page in question. Notice the A Clar line and the Oboe line, which don't have all the staff lines intact. Thanks!
In reply to OK, attached is a page in… by Lawrence Dale Harper
I should add that the score as it appears on the computer, is perfect. You only see the issue when printed.
In reply to OK, attached is a page in… by Lawrence Dale Harper
That's a picture of a score, not the score itself.
Is there any improvement if you first export to PDF and then print that?
In reply to That's a picture of a score,… by jeetee
No. Exporting as PDF changes which lines fail to appear, but does not correct the problem.
The photo is a picture of the printed page, which is the only way the problem appears. The actual score has no issues.
In reply to No. Exporting as PDF changes… by Lawrence Dale Harper
Perhaps, but maybe there is something odd in the staff/part properties that causes it to display on screen but not print.. Doubtful, but anyhow, attaching the actual score would still be helpful so we can do a test print to be sure the problem really is with your printer, which is almost certainly the case.
Print nozzles need cleaning?
In reply to Print nozzles need cleaning? by Jm6stringer
Possibly that is a good idea, but I really don't know how to check that.
In reply to Possibly that is a good idea… by Lawrence Dale Harper
From the look of it, if this is letter-size paper, you might be trying to print things that are too small for your printer.
If it is clogged print heads, your printer should have a setting to self clean.
In reply to Possibly that is a good idea… by Lawrence Dale Harper
You'd have to consult the documentation for your printer, but most have a self-clean you access from the normal printer properties window your OS provides.