[cups.general] always landscape

[Helge Blischke]

Well, obviously your tax software can print to a printer of your choice
(otherwise you'd not be able to print to the laser writer).
Thus, I'd suggest to create a printer instance using the ESP supplied
Dymo PPD you mentioned earlier, set the printer port to the samba port,
and set the defaults for this printer instance to match your labels.
That should work correctly without the need to squeeze the resulting
PostScript code.
For your Win98SE, you could either use the cupsaddsmb utility to prepare
your CUPS printer for use with samba, or you could make an .inf file and
use the standard install for printer instances.

I hope I did get what you are going to achieve?

Helge


Paonia wrote:
> 
> 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

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