Problem with printing music scores in PDF format

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  1. fblais

    fblais Registered Member

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    Hi.
    I'm having problems printing music scores in PDF format with Debian (stable).
    I didn't try with Mint, but it prints correctly in Windows.
    I tried with gnome document viewer and Atril.
    The notes ovals are missing.
    I get the staff, bars and note stems, but ovals are missing.
    It displays correctly on-screen, but a print preview also shows the bug.

    Thanks in advance for ideas, suggestions, etc.
     
  2. Mrkvonic

    Mrkvonic Linux Systems Expert

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    If the fonts used are not true type fonts, then they might not print correctly if the os/driver/device doesn't support them. Do you know what fonts are used?
    Mrk
     
  3. fblais

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    Thanks Mrk.
    No idea!
    I guess it's something I can see in the file properties?
     
  4. fblais

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    I checked the file properties, and several fonts are listed, but it says they’re embeded, so that shouldn’t be an issue.
    Installed a batch of font but it didn’t help.

    I’ll check with Mint.
     
  5. fblais

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    Didn't check with Mint, but installing Okular ruled the problem.
    Perfect printing as is.
     
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