Hi, everyone !
Sorry if the subject is old and obsolete, but I hope it will help many users. (Windows)
After many trials without success, I finally found the way to print sheet scores for free and with quality.
Install NovaPDF from the site novapdf.com for free. It will install a virtual printer in your system,
that you'll use to print instead of a hardware printer. I tried many others, such as VirtualPDF
or Wondershare (which is disguised under many other names), they work sometimes but very often, all is crap.
Sometimes they are well read from Adobe Reader, but not in browsers like Firefox.
NovaPDF is reliable for us. All is well printed and can be read by Firefox and Acrobat.
Uncheck the crap in the install process. Once installed, it appears in the printers list as something like "doPDF v7".
Now back to Sonar : Prepare everything valuable to print in your staff view and in the "Notes" (info as Title, Album, Author).
Go to the print preview in the staff view menu "Print", play with the config options,
the last item "Pearl" is the one that I choosed, then Print Menu, choose doPDF,
go to Properties, play with resolution and scale (I choose 600dpi and 95%, but it depends on the length of the score).
Be careful where it wants to save the pdf, (choose your own path if necessary).
Check "Fonts encapsulate", "Open PDF in the reader" and "high quality pictures". Click Ok. You're done.
Open the pdf in Acrobat or your browser to check if all is ok.
EDIT Dec 26, 2018
After a month, NovaPDF wants a fee. I found an other free virtual painter that works ok with Sonar. It tries to install PDF Architect, but it's not compulsory. It is PDF 24.
post edited by Mage_et_lent - 2018/12/26 13:52:40