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Thanks, Buontempi, for pointing me toward the profile options. I've been experimenting with many of the available combinations. The best one so far is a generic PCL printer with the Black & White.icc profile. I've examined my printing samples with a loupe, and even though this one isn't completely s...

I don't have that option, and I've tried the options in the dropdown menu in the attached.

Thanks, motet. I will continue to explore the printing options, although I think I've tried them all for my printer. I'll also contact Brother again and see if they can offer any solutions. I admit it is possible that my newness to MacOS is causing me to miss settings.

Thanks, Buontempi, but your suggestions are a bit over my head. Nevertheless, I deleted the printer several times and tried each of the suggestions MacOS offered. All printed the same--"grayscale," for lack of a better word. @Vaughan and others: The only way for me to get solid black output is to us...

Update: I've taken this concern to MakeMusic, and after going around and around with one of their "customer success representatives," here is the last word I received on this problem from MM: I definitely will not say that what you are experiencing absolutely does not have any Finale involvement at ...

I wonder: Does anyone else on a Mac with a Brother printer, laser or inkjet, experience this problem?

I got it to work. Not sure why it didn't work at first. I tried several keystroke combinations, which eventually worked. Then I went back to control-option-2, which now works. Ah, well... Ours is not to reason why. Maybe it was the order in which I was effecting the keystrokes--it's a bit awkward to...

Thanks, Peter. I had "Show Tools menu" already checked. No change. I also tried changing the shortcut keys. That didn't change anything, either. Does creating a shortcut this way work for you?

Shouldn't both trumpets I've shown above show the same range (to the concert low E) on the displayed keyboard?

Thanks, Mike, Peter, and Buontempi. I've set up shortcuts in my Mac System Preferences. I've set option-control-1 to toggle the Playback Controls, which works perfectly. I'm left-handed, so left-side shortcut commands feel comfortable for me. Control-option-[number or letter] works well for me becau...

I've found plenty of information in the manual and elsewhere on keyboard shortcuts for Finale tools, but I've found nothing on bringing up certain tools themselves (those without pre-established shortcuts). Nor have I found anything in the manual on how to create a shortcut in Finale. So are there M...

Here are examples of what I mean.

My firmware is up to date. I downloaded the recommended driver package from the Brother website and tried it--same grayscale results. I then downloaded just the recommended printer driver from Brother, which includes the latest CUPS driver, and it, too, produced the same results. Correction: When I ...

so you may need to go through PDF.

Yup. Looks that way.

Thanks, Zuill. I'll try this. I also recall doing this some time ago, but I'll have to brush up on what I did. I checked the trumpet ranges on two samples--the troublesome one and one that sounds the low G. Both lower ranges should be the same (down to concert E). I may try uninstalling and reinstal...

Can anyone else confirm this problem in GPO5 and Mac (or Windows)?

The print adjustments I can make are in an "Advanced" option in the print dialog box. I've tried changing these settings to no avail. For instance, changing Graphics Quality" to "Text" makes no difference. Chaning other settings also makes no difference. Never had a printing problem like this in Win...

My printer is only black. I'm getting the 70% grayscale output when I use the Print menu. DPI is set to 600, and I have no other draft or economy mode settings. The printer driver is up to date. Printing to PDF gives solid black results, either in the Print dialog box or exporting by way of the Grap...

I wonder if the samples are of a C trumpet. Such would only go down to concert F#. If your trumpet is in Bb, a G would be a concert F. That might explain it. When I change the non-sounding G to G#, the note sounds. However, none of the GPO5 trumpet samples is specified as anything else but "trumpet...

Low G doesn't sound in GPO5 n-Trumpet 1 and 2 sounds. The low G sounds OK in all my other low G samples in GPO5, COMB2, and Finale default sounds. Out-of-range notes is off. Does anyone else have this problem with GPO5 n-Trumpet samples?

Anyone? Please chime right in. Thanks.

When I print scores or parts in Finale, the ink coverage appears to be in grayscale with about 70% coverage when it should be solid black. The problem occurs with everything printed on the page. This problem occurs only in Finale, not other applications. I read an item from about a year ago, I think...

michelp wrote:Measure tool -> Edit Measure regions -> Linked Parts : select top staff.

That worked. You just saved me a whole lot of time under a tight deadline. Thanks, michelp.

I brought over a score into my iMac that I created in Windows 10. There were a few minor tweaks I needed to make, but everything seems to be there except for measure numbering in the parts. I've set measure numbers to appear at the beginning of each system except for the first line. Measure numbers ...

I'm not clear on what you want to do. Is this an issue about scrolling in Finale playback? Or do the comments in this conversation help? http://www.finaleforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=16277