CUEPRINT

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Installation

CUEPRINT installs like any grandMA3 Lua plugin: copy two files to the right folder, import into the Plugin pool, done. Budget two minutes.

What’s in the download

The .zip from your purchase email contains:

FilePurpose
cueprint.luaThe plugin code (Lite and Pro modes)
cueprint.xmlPlugin descriptor — this is the file you import
cueprint_pro_viewer.htmlStandalone guion viewer (Pro) — for MA2 exports and any computer
LICENSE.txtYour license terms
README.txtOffline copy of these instructions

Your license key is in the purchase email itself — keep it with your show documentation. The plugin never asks for it; it’s your proof of purchase for support and upgrades.

grandMA3 (console)

  1. Unzip the download on any computer.
  2. Copy cueprint.lua and cueprint.xml onto a USB stick, into:
<usb>/grandMA3/gma3_library/datapools/plugins/

Create the folders if they don’t exist — the path must match exactly, and both files must sit in the same directory.

  1. Insert the stick into the console.
  2. Open a Plugin pool window (Add Window → More → Plugins).
  3. Edit an empty pool slot: Edit + tap the slot.
  4. In the editor, press Import, choose your USB drive, select cueprint.
  5. Confirm and close the editor. The pool button now reads CUEPRINT.

grandMA3 onPC

Same import flow, but the library folder lives on your machine:

Windows  C:\ProgramData\MALightingTechnology\gma3_library\datapools\plugins\
macOS    ~/MALightingTechnology/gma3_library/datapools/plugins/

Copy both files there, then import from the internal drive in step 6.

grandMA2 (Pro)

Nothing installs on the MA2 — because this is the classic MA2 workflow: export the sequence, print from the HTML. The viewer is that HTML step, working again in modern browsers:

  1. On the desk: Export Sequence 1 "myshow.xml" — the file lands in gma2/importexport/ on the selected drive (use a USB stick).
  2. On any computer, open cueprint_pro_viewer.html in a browser and drag the XML onto it. Same guion, print to PDF from there.

First run (MA3)

Tap the pool button. A popup asks for the sequence (blank = the selected one), the mode — Lite export (CSV), Pro (guion HTML) or Discovery — and the CSV flavor. Press Go. The full output path is printed in the command line feedback / System Monitor, prefixed [CUEPRINT]. See Usage for the details, and Troubleshooting if anything looks off.

Updating? Replace both files in the plugins folder and re-import the plugin into its pool slot — imported plugins keep their own copy of the code, so without a re-import the console keeps running the old version. The popup title shows the version so you can confirm.