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Feature Request - Advanced Printing options for cue lists

I noticed recently that in 2.3.3 (and maybe previous versions as well), if you go to print the cue list, it prints ALL cue lists. If you try to print a cue list from the Advanced menu, there's no way to specify which cue list to print. The List, Start, and End boxes are grayed out and not editable.

I'm currently learning a larger show that was programmed by someone else, whose method was to program each part of the show into a separate cue list, then merge them into a main cue list when the rehearsal period ended. I'd like to print out just the main cue list to follow along during the show while I'm learning the cues. My current workaround was to print just the pages I needed from the PDF, but the whole PDF document is 40-some pages.  I know it's not really a big deal, but I thought it would be nice to have some finer control over what gets printed from cue lists.

  • I just tried this out in 2.3.2. In print, advanced, if I press cue, the start and end boxes were not grayed out, and setting the list to 2, only printed cuelist 2. Maybe try this out again.
  • in reply to Dan Duffy
    The problem with that is that when you print cues, it includes levels for each channel for each cue. For a show that has almost 700 cues, this is a much larger PDF (948 pages, in this case). And if I wanted to print it, I still have to specify the pages that actually show the cue list. It's simple enough to work around, as I said before.
    But let's imagine that someone needs a quick printout of a list of cues, sees the appropriately named PDF, and prints it without opening it or checking it first. That's a lot of wasted ink and paper, if they don't catch it in time.
  • in reply to zwolf59661
    What u could try is to print sequences instead of cues.
    There u have the cueslists like in the PSD with only times, notes, etc.
    The only thing is u can`t enter a specific cue list in advanced mode, it will print u all of them into a pdf so u still have to clean the PDF.

    Greetings
    Mutja
  • in reply to Mutja Engel
    This is what I've already been doing, as a workaround for not being able to specify which list of cues to print.
  • Try the Lightwright 6 Demo you can get the Cuelist into LW via Console Link and then print it from there
  • in reply to FloBaeumler
    Unfortunately, I can't run Lightwright 6. Neither of my computers run operating systems that meet the system requirements. Windows 8 and Windows XP, respectively.
  • in reply to zwolf59661

    Lightwright 6 will run on Windows 7, 8.1, or 10.  Can you not upgrade your Win 8 laptop to 8.1?

    Apple Macintosh®

    Mac OS X Lion 10.7 or later with Intel processor

    6GB of physical RAM, 12GB or more strongly recommended

    Hard drive or SSD with at least 350MB of available space

    A color monitor or laptop with at least 1024x768 resolution, thousands or millions of colors. Retina displays are supported.

    An internet connection is required for installation and to use some features

    The Console Link features require ETC Eos/Nomad family version 2.3.3 or later

    Microsoft Windows®

    Windows 7 SP1, or Windows 8.1, or Windows 10. 64 bit recommended but not required

    6GB of physical RAM, 12GB or more strongly recommended

    Hard drive or SSD with at least 350MB of available space

    A color monitor or laptop with at least 1024x768 resolution, 256 colors or better

    An internet connection is required for installation and to use some features

    The Console Link features require ETC Eos/Nomad family version 2.3.3 or later

  • in reply to Paul Toben
    First, I'd like to say that I feel this thread is getting off topic. My reasons for not "upgrading" my Windows 8 computer are not related to printing cue lists from Eos. Yes, there are workarounds. And I have found one (as described in previous posts) that works for what I need.
    The point is, I would like to be able to open Eos software, whether it's on a console or Nomad, and print a specific cue list, rather than exporting all of them as one single PDF and just printing the pages I need.
  • in reply to zwolf59661

    Yeah you're right.  The culture on this forum is pretty relaxed, and threads do tend to wander.  I think we all agree it'd be great if it was possible to print only a specific cue list. Until that feature is implemented, we're just trying to offer you some work arounds!

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