[cups.general] Printing with landscape, mirrored options.

[Stroller]

On 24 Oct 2006, at 13:33, Stroller wrote:
> ...
> I'm having a bit of a problem printing in landscape format, and it  
> appears that `lp -o mirror test-portrait.ps` doesn't work, either.  
> I've kinda blundered into CUPS configuration, so I apologise if  
> there's something blatantly dumb or obvious I've missed.
>
> My aim is to use Gentoo Linux on a PII Compaq Proliant to print to  
> a networked (JetDirect) HP LaserJet 5, and initially this was very  
> easy. I believe the printer is in fact a 5M, as this is what it  
> says on the front, and I believe it to have the Postscript option  
> installed. I have been using this printer with my Apple Mac running  
> OS X for some time.
> ...
> What I'm really trying to do, however, is print in landscape  
> format, and all that seems to happen is that a sheet of A4 is  
> printed in portrait format, with the image halfway down the sheet  
> and falling half off the page. The manual <http://www.cups.org/ 
> doc-1.1/sum.html#4_1_2> states that "-o landscape option will  
> rotate the page 90 degrees to print in landscape orientation",  
> which is what I'd like to achieve.

An addendum, in case anyone picks this up to help: printing of plain- 
text works fine with mirror & landscape modes.
EG:
         head TheRaven.txt | lpr -o landscape
and  head TheRaven.txt | lpr -o mirror
both work fine & as expected.

It's only PostScript documents that give the problem. I'd be  
extremely grateful for any help with this, as I'm desperate to print  
these invoices & pay my bills!!

I thought that this might be the problem <http://en.opensuse.org/ 
SDB:No_Landscape_Format_with_CUPS> but `grep -i Orientation  
invoice_00488-landscape.ps` returns nothing.

Stroller.