Landscape printing

[Ray Stacey]

> Ray Stacey wrote:
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> >> Ray Stacey wrote:
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> >> >> Ray Stacey wrote:
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> >> >> >> Ray Stacey wrote:
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> >> >> >> > We are running cups 1.4.7 on Solaris 10. I'm trying to print a
> >> >> >> > postscript file from our application using the command lp -o
> >> >> >> > landscape -o PageSize=Legal -d treekill2 INV-R200.r01.17206.ps.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > The file prints on legal paper, however the first page is
> >> >> >> > landscape and each subsequent page is rotated 90 degrees. So the
> >> >> >> > first page is fine, the 5th page is fine, the 9th page is fine
> >> >> >> > ....
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Any ideas??
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> What make and model is the printer?
> >> >> >> How is it configured?
> >> >> >> is there a *cupsFilter line in the printer's PPD?
> >> >> >> is there a *LandscapeOrientation: xxxx
> >> >> >> where xxxx is either Plus90 or Minus90 in the PPD?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Helge
> >> >> >>
> >> >> > It's an HP 8100. It is configured using the ppd file from the cups
> >> >> > website. THere is no *cupsFilter and LandscapeOrientation is Plus90.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I tried the same command with a generic postscript sample file and
> >> >> > I'm not seeing the rotation problem. That means there is something
> >> >> > wrong with the postscript output from our application. No idea what
> >> >> > it could be, I don't know postscript language at all.
> >> >>
> >> >> Then post (an URL to) a sample file and do the following:
> >> >> cupsctl --debug-logging
> >> >> print the sample file
> >> >> cupsctl --no-debug-logging
> >> >> post the portion of the /var/log/cups/error_log that contains the
> >> >> messages related to the test job.
> >> >>
> >> >> Helge
> >> >>
> >> > Here you go:
> >> >
> >> > http://home.sourcecable.net/~raystacey/test.ps
> >> >
> >>
> >> Ray,
> >>
> >> your PostScript job itself contains the necessary transformation for
> >> landscape printing, and the contents of each page - including the
> >> showpage execution - is enclosed in a save / restore pair.
> >> Thus, the transformation inserted by cups' pstops filter for landscape
> >> printing acts outside the page contents bracketed by save and restore
> >> what results in every page rotated by 90 degrees with respect to the
> >> previous.
> >>
> >> Please try printing without the "-o landscape" option; I'm pretty sure
> >> you'll get the right printout then.
> >>
> >> Helge
> >>
> > I see what you mean. However, if I print without "-o landscape" it prints
> > in portrait mode. The printout is on legal, but it is not rotated.
>
> Well, can you modify your application to output a PostScript stream as indicated by the following context diff output?
>
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> If not, I'd suggest to set up a prefilter or similar that does the modification.
>
> Helge
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I made those changes to my test.ps and it printed properly. Can you explain what the difference is, it's not clear to me?