Finale 25 refusing to print
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Don't know if anyone has come across anything like this before?
Finale is refusing to print anything.
I have a Brother HL-L2340DW, which is displaying no error messages. All other applications (Word, Excel, etc.) are printing normally, and Finale has been printing all morning with no problems. Suddenly, nothing. I go through all the procedure for requesting a print; no error messages come up. The little box comes up temporarily saying "sending music to printer", but nothing prints. Nothing appears on the print queue. Same thing if I send to CutePDF; everything works as normal, but no PDF is generated.
Tried different files in Finale, same issue.
I have no idea what to do.
Any ideas?
Regards,
Gareth
Finale is refusing to print anything.
I have a Brother HL-L2340DW, which is displaying no error messages. All other applications (Word, Excel, etc.) are printing normally, and Finale has been printing all morning with no problems. Suddenly, nothing. I go through all the procedure for requesting a print; no error messages come up. The little box comes up temporarily saying "sending music to printer", but nothing prints. Nothing appears on the print queue. Same thing if I send to CutePDF; everything works as normal, but no PDF is generated.
Tried different files in Finale, same issue.
I have no idea what to do.
Any ideas?
Regards,
Gareth
Gareth J. Green
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The first thing I'd do is shut down the computer and restart.
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Already done that; no joy.
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OK, so trashing the .INI files seems to have fixed it. Does anyone know a way of editing the old preferences files to fix the problem?
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Compare a copy of the file from this morning with one from after Finale went funny.Gareth Green wrote:OK, so trashing the .INI files seems to have fixed it. Does anyone know a way of editing the old preferences files to fix the problem?
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If a copy of the defective file was saved first, this can be done. If not, then that would be impossible, unless it's still in the trash.
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What no backup? There should be a file from yesterday, at the least. Then use a text file comparison utility to show what the differences are.zuill wrote:If a copy of the defective file was saved first, this can be done. If not, then that would be impossible, unless it's still in the trash.
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Yes, I still have the defective .ini file. How would I go about finding a copy of the file from earlier? Is it not possible to isolate the critical difference by comparing it with the new .ini?
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I suspect Zuill is right, and since I now have a working .ini file, it would seem a little foolish to go poking around in it and risk corrupting it again. OK, it's a little annoying having to re-create all my preferences from scratch, especially the toolbar layout, but I guess I only have to do it once ...
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I've made three rescue items: FINALE - Save.INI, FINMIDI - Save.INI, and Finale Registry.reg, the last a copy of [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MakeMusic\Finale2014.5] for when toolbars and palettes get trashed.
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Ditto that. Leave well enough alone. Long time Finale users know that for a fact. But I will say the current version (25) is pretty darn good. Still............"...it would seem a little foolish to go poking around..."
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Good idea; I should probably do that, even though this is the first time in nearly 18 years I've had to do an emergency trash of the .ini file ... just lucky, I guess.motet wrote:I've made three rescue items: FINALE - Save.INI, FINMIDI - Save.INI, and Finale Registry.reg, the last a copy of [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MakeMusic\Finale2014.5] for when toolbars and palettes get trashed.
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