[cups.general] always landscape

[Paonia]

Helge,
I have this set up this way. I can print from the native Dymo software
under windows fine. What I can not get to work is printing from a piece
of software that does not let me fix the pagesize or the orientation.
Then I print from my tax software it prints at a 90 degree angle to the
label instead of along the label. I would love to have a way to fix this
in software.
Thanks,
Paonia

On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 07:20, Helge Blischke wrote:
> Well, I'm not quite sure if I understand what you are going to achieve
> in the end.
> If you want to print via CUPS to your Dymo printer, your should create a
> printer instance
> using the CUPS supplied PPD as the "driver" for the printer on your Win
> box and use samba on your
> UNIX/Linux box to pass the print job to CUPS. As you use Win89se, you 
> either need an .inf file
> (when using the M$ supplied PostScript printer driver) or to use the
> Adobe printer driver.
> 
> Helge
> 
> 
> Paonia wrote:
> > 
> > On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 07:55, Helge Blischke wrote:
> > > Paonia wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 08:43, Helge Blischke wrote:
> > > > > Paonia Ezrine-N'Shaiha wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have a printer that I need to always print to in landscape. The
> > > > > > application I use to print to this printer does not have a landscape
> > > > > > option (it is closed source and they have been asked to fix this but
> > > > > > have not yet done so). I am wondering if there is a way to always have
> > > > > > it print in landscape.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > Paonia
> > > > >
> > > > > If oyu post (an URL to) a sample file, I could give you advice how to
> > > > > modify
> > > > > the PS code accordingly, e.g. by an additional CUPS filter.
> > > > >
> > > > > Helge
> > > >
> > > > Try these:
> > > > http://www.northbranchgroup.com/dymo/label1.ppd
> > > > and
> > > > http://www.northbranchgroup.com/dymo/labelsample.ps
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Paonia
> > >
> > > Thanks for the sample files. Could you please post some more information
> > > on how the
> > > print jobs are created?
> > Of course.
> > I may have created the file in a less then ideal way. The label is
> > generated by my tax application (Ultra Tax). Ultra Tax run under
> > Windows. I am running win98se. I for test image I had Ultra Tax print to
> > an apple laser writer. I set up the laser writer to write to a file.
> > This is how I have been capturing ps files from Ultra Tax. If there is
> > another way for me to capture the output that would be more helpful
> > please let me know.
> > 
> > > Obviously the PPD you posted is *not* the PPD the print job has been
> > > created with
> > > (it is a PPD for a language level 1 LaserWriter), and the page
> > > dimensions of the PS file
> > > do not conform to any of the page size options listed in the PPD file.
> > >
> > Sadly Ultra Tax gives me no control over page size/orientation,etc which
> > is why the file is the wrong size.
> > 
> > > Obviously the PostScript creating application runs opn a Windows box,
> > > but I can't figure out
> > > on which one. Please tell what Win version, what PostScript driver etc.,
> > For this test I used the apple writer drive. Under normal circumstances
> > would use the Dymo Labelwriter 330 driver which is the driver for this
> > printer in question.
> > 
> > > and what label size
> > > is requested.
> > >
> > 1 1/8inches by 3.5 inches
> > 
> > Thank you,
> > Paonia
> > 
> > > Helge