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Recently we addressed pdf printing by utilizing ghostscript (convert PDF to PCL).

Manuel Contreras — Tue, 03 May 2005 13:14:38 GMT

This worked perfectly, until we started creating landscape reports.

The orientation is defined within the pdf/postscript output-files...

I have tried every option I could find, and found it super difficult to print converted pdf to pcl output to print in landscape...everything comes out portrait.

I did find that If I convert the PDF to postscript, then convert the PS to PCL...the output prints w/the correct orientation.

Is there any other way to address ghostscript converted landscape printing?

how many hoops do you have to jump through to print in landscape...thanks,
manuel

Re: Recently we addressed pdf printing by utilizing ghostscript (convert PDF to PCL).

Bill Hassell — Tue, 03 May 2005 19:41:32 GMT

PCL landscape is a simple code, but the problem is that it must be incorporated within ghostscript sourcecode at the right location. The reason is that ghostscript may send a portrait sequence somewhere in the code, thus cancelling an inserted landscape code in front of the PCL file. Since this is so basic to printing, I would first get the latest version from http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ and if that doesn't fix the problem, contact the support folks listed in the web page.

Re: Recently we addressed pdf printing by utilizing ghostscript (convert PDF to PCL).

Manuel Contreras — Wed, 04 May 2005 10:11:40 GMT

Thanks Bill,

We are running the latest GS...but thanks for pointing me towards some potential support, HP said it's not supported :(

manuel