[comp.text.tex] Rotate.sty for HP laserjet series ii

wright@med.wcc.govt.nz (03/04/91)

Does anyone have a rotate.sty file for the Hewlett Packard Laserjet
Series II printer or know where I can get something that will let me
print in landscape format.

xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu (Xiaofei Wang) (03/05/91)

In article <1991Mar4.161245.4097@med.wcc.govt.nz> wright@med.wcc.govt.nz writes:
* 
* Does anyone have a rotate.sty file for the Hewlett Packard Laserjet
* Series II printer or know where I can get something that will let me
* print in landscape format.

There is not such thing exists. Rotate can not be done within TeX.
rotate.sty rotates postscript.
Since HP LJ II is not a native PS speaker, the rotate.sty won't work.

The solutions I can think of includes:

1) Bye a postscript cartridge and use Tom's dvips.
2) Use emTeX's driver. It rotates on a page basis. You might need to
   use ``print twice'' technique.
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wright@med.wcc.govt.nz (03/07/91)

I have recieved this reply to a note I posted on our system. 

It seems to work ok but the quality is not very good.
 
If someone can correct the "bug" please let us know.



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    >1. Is there something similar for HP Laserjet Series II printers?
    >   Either inputing an angle or for Landscape format.

    To print in landscape use the /L option on dvi2hp.  This has to come
    after the file name and be separated by a space.  Because you are now
    passing a parameter including a space to dvi2hp, the whole lot has to be
    enclosed in quotes ("), eg:

    File: "FOO /L"__________________________

    This will do the rotation but you will have to do your own \setlengths
    to change the \textwidth, \textheight, etc.  This is what I have used
    in one landscape document:

    \documentstyle{article}
    \setlength{\evensidemargin}{0in}
    \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{0in}
    \setlength{\textwidth}{9.5in}
    \setlength{\textheight}{6in}
    \setlength{\topmargin}{-1in}

    \begin{document}
    ...

    The only problem with this is that due to a bug in dvi2hp that I have
    never been able to correct, you get thin white lines running up your
    characters.