Printing layouts

You can print layouts individually or multiple layouts together. You can specify print settings for each layout independently, for example, you can select different printers for different layouts in the same project.

Dorico uses settings for layouts to create automatic print settings, so you might find that many print options are already appropriate for the layouts you want to print. For example, if you are connected to a printer that can print A3 paper and the page size of your full score layout is set to A3 in Layout Options, Dorico automatically selects A3 in the Page Setup section of the Print Options panel.

Procedure

  1. In the Layouts panel, select the layouts that you want to print.
    Note

    The Select Layout menu in the toolbar is disabled in Print mode. If you want to see a different layout in the print preview area, select it in the Layouts panel.

  2. Optional: Change the number of copies in any of the following ways:

    • Click - or + in each layout card.

    • In the Print Options panel, enter the number of copies into the Copies field in the Destination section.

      Note

      Changing the Copies value changes the number of copies for all selected layouts.

  3. Optional: Activate/Deactivate Collate copies.
  4. In the Print Options panel, choose Printer in the Destination section.
  5. Optional: Select a printer from the menu.
  6. In the Job Type section, select the page arrangement you want from the menu.
  7. In the Job Type section, choose the pages you want to print from the following options:

    • All Pages

    • Page Range

  8. Optional: If you selected Page Range, enter the first/last pages of the range into the From/to fields.
  9. In the Page Setup section, select a paper size from the menu.
  10. Choose the paper orientation you want.
  11. Optional: If you selected Spreads or 2-up for the job type, activate/deactivate Print odd final page on.
  12. Select a paper size for the odd final page.
  13. Choose a paper orientation for the odd final page.
  14. Choose one of the following size options:

    • Fit to Paper

    • Custom Scale

  15. Optional: If you selected Custom Scale, enter the scale factor you want into the Scale factor field.
  16. In the Duplex Printing section, select one of the printing options from the Print on menu.
  17. Optional: If you selected a duplex printing option, use the lower menus to select how the printed image is flipped when printing on the reverse side of the paper.
  18. In the Annotations section, activate each annotation you want to add to the selected layouts.
  19. Click Print.

Result

The selected layouts are printed according to the print settings you have applied.

Tip

You can select individual layouts and set up their printing options without printing straight away. Once you have set up the printing options you want for multiple layouts, you can then select all the layouts you want to print and click Print, and your existing print settings are applied, even if your selection contains layouts with different print settings.