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bixntram
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January 17, 2020
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Sheet music notes won't print

  • January 17, 2020
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Hi,  

I'm using Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.

I just downloaded some sheet music.  When I go to print out one page,  the noteheads won't print.   8th note excercises; all the 8th note noteheads are missing.  Can someone advise how to fix this?

Much obliged,

Scott

 

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Correct answer Samuel33715366wvru

I right clicked it and went to "open with" Microsoft Edge and it printed fine. Must be an Adobe Problem

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Samuel33715366wvruCorrect answer
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November 19, 2023

I right clicked it and went to "open with" Microsoft Edge and it printed fine. Must be an Adobe Problem

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    default7stmwqnq1423
    Participant
    July 8, 2021

    I have exactly the same problem. No note heads when printing. Very little help from Adobe. I have a Hewlett Packard Laserjet Pro. It seems that engaging with any kind of computer technology these days is an endless, frustrating porocess of problem solving. I will try the suggested work arounds. Thanks!

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    defaults0gt5ls6758g
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    August 30, 2021

    Thanks for this! The workaround...all around worked!

    Dov Isaacs
    Dov Isaacs
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    January 17, 2020

    Without some additional information (such as OS and printer model including PDL used such as PostScript, PCL, etc.) and posting a sample PDF file that exhibits this problem when printing, there is precious little that anyone here (or anywhere) can do to assist you.

     

                      - Dov

    - Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
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    bixntramAuthor
    Participant
    January 17, 2020

     Well, thanks, I guess.  Your response sounds a bit rude, but I still hope you'll help me resolve this.

     

    OS:  Mac Mojave 10.14.6

    Printer:  Hewlett Packard Laser Jet Pro M 1212nf

    I don't know what the acronym PDL is; please clarify?

    Adobe would not let me print the document as a PDF to my desktop, but told me to save it to file, so I saved it as a document.  However, I don't see any option to attach it here, and I couldn't even drag and drop it as a screen shot.

    I updated to Mojave a few weeks ago.  Before that I was able to print a sheet music document from the same source.  Could this be the problem?

     

    Thanks,

    Scott

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      billm61457752
      Participant
      November 19, 2020

      Hi Scott.  Try opening it with Preview.  Right click on the file and use "open with" and select the Apple app that comes with the OS called Preview.  Print from there.  I have see Adobe DC do this same thing to random files I save out as a PDF from Sibelius.  And I do mean random: I save out all my sheet music using the exact same font set, sizing and workflow.  If printing right from Preview doesn't do it, try exporting it from Preview as a TIFF file and then open and print that.  You can try with Preview or any TIFF reader.  I know that defeats the whole purpose for a PDF file, but perhaps a lesser scientist than Dov at Adobe will emerge to keep the format relavant to musicians.

      Hope that helps,

      Bill

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