Printing
Hello, I am new to Musescore. I want to print out some sheet music and cannot find out how to do it without a pro membership and I have heard you can. How do I do it?
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Indeed a Pro membership should not be needed at all, just have the score (the mscz file) and the MuseScore program installed on your PC (Windows, mMac, Linux), open that score, and either print directly or export to PDF (and later print that).
In reply to Indeed a Pro membership… by Jojo-Schmitz
how would you go about getting the mscz file?
In reply to how would you go about… by meowmeowpiano
Unfortunately what I wrote last year Os no longer true, nowadays non pro members can old y download public domain and Original Work scores
You cannot print directly from the website, download is needed. And I don't recommend directly downloading PDF because that PDF can look different than the actual score due to compatibility reasons of the website. Download MuseScore file and open it in the software, after that you can do whatever you want.
In reply to You cannot print directly… by Howard-C
The PDFs on the musescore.com website are rendered by the Linux version of MuseScore, and got rendered at the time of their upload or last update. So they should should look exactly like the author intended them to look, as the MuseScore version at the time rendered them.
Downloading the score and print from whatever MuseScore version is likely to render them different. Like downloading a score that has been uploaded with MuseScore 1.x or 2.x will look different when looked at in and printed with MuseScore 3.
You can print (actually export to PDF and then print that) from the MuseScore mobile app, for iOS and Android too BTW. This may be a pro feature though, not sure.
But see also the current discussion on musescore.com, in https://musescore.com/groups/improving-musescore-com/discuss/5044610, which would, at least least temporarily, restrict you from downloading PDF or score when not being a pro member.
In reply to The PDFs on the musescore… by Jojo-Schmitz
I once downloaded https://musescore.com/howard_c_/two_steps_from_hell_blackheart (not sure if this was it) in PDF when Georgia font was still rendered wrong on website, and I get the same wrong font in PDF.
In reply to I once downloaded https:/… by Howard-C
OK, in that case indeed the rendering on MuseScore.com is different and not like intended.
Still that score had been last saved with MuseScore 3.1 (but surely not initially created with atah, it got forst uploaded in April 2018, MuseScore 3.1 was still more than a year away back then) and probably got rendered by that version (or newer) on MuseScore.com too (there is no way to tell really), so may look slightly different in 3.2.3 alone because of that
In reply to OK, in that case indeed the… by Jojo-Schmitz
Correct me if I'm wrong, (I usually am, so it doesn't hurt my feelings) but if you're printing from PDFs, you may have problems if your system uses different page formats than the original files. (I'm thinking of the difference between European and North American paper formats) Your printer should allow you to force the print to your paper size, but the results are sometimes a little off.
In reply to Correct me if I'm wrong, (I… by toffle
Well, any printer driver worth its money would allow you to 'scale to fit'
In reply to Correct me if I'm wrong, (I… by toffle
In my case it's always printing from PDF that gives me the best and fit page size. Printing from MuseScore is off-size if I adjust the page size to a non-standard one in-software.
I'm also having trouble. A friend told me that you can just download the PDF and then print it. I don't have a Musescore membership and neither does he. When I try to download the PDF, it tells me I have to do a 30 day trial. Is there any way to get around that? I know my friend did and I was wondering if I could do the same. Any ideas?
In reply to I'm also having trouble. A… by directorhoove
Sorry, but currently non-pro members cannot download non-public-domain arrangements.
In reply to I'm also having trouble. A… by directorhoove
But instead of download and then print, you can print directly. And even to a Pdf printer...
In reply to But instead of download and… by Jojo-Schmitz
Really?? Then what's the point of download restriction, especially that "Disable score download" option? People can print it anyway. They cannot get .mscz files though, but printing is all we need on most of the occasions!
In reply to Really?? Then what's the… by Howard-C
At least it used to wortk that way last time I checked
Currently I can't find any score I can't download (using my 2nd and non-pro account), so can't verify
I also found quite a few score claiming to be PD where I'm prety sure they are not (like e.g. "Chasing cars" from Snow Patrol)
In reply to At least it used to wortk… by Jojo-Schmitz
I thought the admins would check every score marked as PD. As it was said on the website when the new system just got introduced.
In reply to I thought the admins would… by Howard-C
I believe it got sort of automatized
In reply to At least it used to wortk… by Jojo-Schmitz
Hi,
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I just checked on a second non-pro account: Impossible to directly print scores online, even those in the Public Domain. As soon as you click on "Print" you get the following message:
And if you click on the question mark you get the following message:
This seems to me to be in conformity with the new reglementation in use.
In reply to Hi, I just checked on a… by Papibois
OK, so they plugged that hole.
In reply to OK, so they plugged that… by Jojo-Schmitz
Great!
Yeah does anyone have any idea how I can I use to be able to but now I can't. I am trying to print out this, https://musescore.com/analogue_money/house-of-memories-violin
In reply to Yeah does anyone have any… by MagicalKiki123123
You'd need to be a pro member
Take a screenshot and print it
In reply to Take a screenshot and print… by yes116
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