lau@desci.wharton.upenn.edu (Yan K. Lau) (06/24/91)
Subject line says it all. One of our users notice that the -Olandscape switch to the lpr command was not working. The output was still coming out in portrait mode. We have a DEC LN03R PostScript printer attached. Is it simply configured wrong, s additional work needed to get landscape switch to work or is it just broken? Yan. -- )~ Yan K. Lau lau@kings.wharton.upenn.edu The Wharton School ~/~ Sheenaphile 128.91.11.233 University of Pennsylvania /\ God/Goddess/All that is -- the source of love, light and inspiration!
avolio@decuac.DEC.COM (Frederick M. Avolio) (06/24/91)
In article <45095@netnews.upenn.edu>, lau@desci.wharton.upenn.edu (Yan K. Lau) writes: |>Subject line says it all. One of our users notice that the -Olandscape |>switch to the lpr command was not working. The output was still coming |>out in portrait mode. We have a DEC LN03R PostScript printer attached. I haven't looked real hard at the code, but it is a fact that the LN03R filter does *not* understand -Olandscape. It is clear from the source code that it is written wrong. (Sorry, probably not supposed to make these public statements. Forget I said anything.) I don't recall -- either it is not supported in the code or it is always overwritten. In any event, if you want landscape specify -w132 and it will default to landscape. I.E., lpr -Pyourprinter -w132 filename Now, this doesn't help if you are using the Motif Print Widget which does not pass width but does pass -O values. The only solution I see there is to 1) write a front end that handles this (translates -Olandscape to -w132) or 2) fix the LN03R filter. I will submit an SPR... Fred