UNABLE TO PRINT IN LANDSCAPE

Robin68 · July 9, 2015, 5:47pm

Since installing SUSE 13.2 have been unable to print in landscape with either Open Office or Okular, tried 2 different printers. You set up for landscape, it tells you it is going to print landscape, but it only prints on the top two-thirds of the paper, fault possibly with CUPS.

john_hudson · July 9, 2015, 11:10pm

There are well-documented problems printing landscape from OpenOffice and some versions of LibreOffice. I have no problem printing landscape from Okular with CUPS 2.0.3-178-1.

deano_ferrari · July 9, 2015, 11:25pm

John, do you get any slight offset when printing landscape via Okular?

john_hudson · July 10, 2015, 11:34pm

I have just printed off the first page of http://johnrhudson.me.uk/computing/Some_notes_on_HTML.pdf using okular and the left and right margins are identical. Perhaps you could try printing the same page and seeing if the left and right margins are identical.

deano_ferrari · July 11, 2015, 12:41am

Thanks for replying. Actually, the reason I was asking was because of this thread where a user is reporting landscape printing issues with Okular. (I have no such issue with my Brother printer.)

robin_listas · July 11, 2015, 3:54am

I noticed this page this morning, perhaps there is something there that
you people can try :-?

https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Landscape_Printing

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.

(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” (Minas Tirith))

robhwill · July 14, 2015, 3:50pm

Whooosh! @john_hudson: as your time permits, can you please where you got such an updated version of cups? I am using cups 1.5.4 from openSUSE repos, and hplips 3.14.6 also from openSUSE repos. I am having same blasted issue w/‘landscape’ printing all of a sudden. If memory is correct, until recently—past 6 months or so —the last this was a major issue was way back with openSUSE v. 10.x? In any event, I don’t print landscape very often; due to need it recently I discovered problems. Tried print-to-file in both pdf and ps; worked for 1-2 months, now problems again. My issue remains even when I change to ‘landscape’ in hplip, libreoffice, and the print dialogue proper! Will read the several posts on this for tips/solutions. Aaaargh! Take Care.
P.S. this makes one curious as to what people that need to print spreadsheets must do??
—rob

Miuku · July 14, 2015, 3:55pm


http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Printing/openSUSE_13.2/

CUPS 2.0.3

robhwill · July 14, 2015, 4:15pm

Thanks!! Where would the world be without the linux community!!!:shame: Take Care…Did not know that one existed!

robin_listas · July 14, 2015, 4:14pm

On 2015-07-14 15:56, robhwill wrote:

> ‘landscape’ in hplip, libreoffice, -and- the print dialogue proper!
> Will read the several posts on this for tips/solutions. Aaaargh! Take
> Care.

The link I posted, which is written, I believe, by the person that
maintains CUPS in *suse, says that there is no such thing as landscape
printing.

You should read it.

> P.S. this makes one curious as to what people that need to print
> spreadsheets must do??

Works for me… .-)

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.

(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” (Minas Tirith))