I'm using Inkscape .41 and I'm not able to print in landscape format. Whenever I configure my HP laserjet1300 printer to print in landscape, it comes out in portrait orientation. I'm using Mandrake 10.1. Any clues as to what I can do? Currently, I'm rotating my images onto a portrait page.
Thanks, Wayne
On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 11:57:08AM -1000, wayne wrote:
I'm using Inkscape .41 and I'm not able to print in landscape format. Whenever I configure my HP laserjet1300 printer to print in landscape, it comes out in portrait orientation. I'm using Mandrake 10.1. Any clues as to what I can do? Currently, I'm rotating my images onto a portrait page.
If I remember right, to get Inkscape to print landscape, you have to both set the printer option to landscape *and* set landscape mode in Document Preferences. Have you checked both places?
Bryce
On Monday 09 May 2005 12:09 pm, Bryce Harrington wrote:
On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 11:57:08AM -1000, wayne wrote:
I'm using Inkscape .41 and I'm not able to print in landscape format. Whenever I configure my HP laserjet1300 printer to print in landscape, it comes out in portrait orientation. I'm using Mandrake 10.1. Any clues as to what I can do? Currently, I'm rotating my images onto a portrait page.
If I remember right, to get Inkscape to print landscape, you have to both set the printer option to landscape *and* set landscape mode in Document Preferences. Have you checked both places?
Bryce
Yes, I've set them in both places. I use kprinter to get to the printer settings. As for Inkscape, unless landscape is set in the Document preferences, your page will still be in portrait mode, and look like in portrait mode. Still can't print in landscape though.
Wayne
On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 12:33:08PM -1000, wayne wrote:
On Monday 09 May 2005 12:09 pm, Bryce Harrington wrote:
On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 11:57:08AM -1000, wayne wrote:
I'm using Inkscape .41 and I'm not able to print in landscape format. Whenever I configure my HP laserjet1300 printer to print in landscape, it comes out in portrait orientation. I'm using Mandrake 10.1. Any clues as to what I can do? Currently, I'm rotating my images onto a portrait page.
If I remember right, to get Inkscape to print landscape, you have to both set the printer option to landscape *and* set landscape mode in Document Preferences. Have you checked both places?
Bryce
Yes, I've set them in both places. I use kprinter to get to the printer settings. As for Inkscape, unless landscape is set in the Document preferences, your page will still be in portrait mode, and look like in portrait mode. Still can't print in landscape though.
Hrm. I'm not sure in this case, then. I've been able to successfully print in landscape on the printers I use, but admittedly Inkscape's printer support has a lot of bugs.
You could send in a bug report, although honestly the printer code hasn't tended to get much developer attention. If you know C and are bugged enough about the behavior, the printing code is in src/print.cpp. I don't know how it works, and there's no obvious flags being set for landscape/portrait, so it might take some experimentation to get it working right.
Bryce
On Monday 09 May 2005 02:25 pm, Bryce Harrington wrote:
On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 12:33:08PM -1000, wayne wrote:
On Monday 09 May 2005 12:09 pm, Bryce Harrington wrote:
On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 11:57:08AM -1000, wayne wrote:
I'm using Inkscape .41 and I'm not able to print in landscape format. Whenever I configure my HP laserjet1300 printer to print in landscape, it comes out in portrait orientation. I'm using Mandrake 10.1. Any clues as to what I can do? Currently, I'm rotating my images onto a portrait page.
If I remember right, to get Inkscape to print landscape, you have to both set the printer option to landscape *and* set landscape mode in Document Preferences. Have you checked both places?
Bryce
Yes, I've set them in both places. I use kprinter to get to the printer settings. As for Inkscape, unless landscape is set in the Document preferences, your page will still be in portrait mode, and look like in portrait mode. Still can't print in landscape though.
Hrm. I'm not sure in this case, then. I've been able to successfully print in landscape on the printers I use, but admittedly Inkscape's printer support has a lot of bugs.
You could send in a bug report, although honestly the printer code hasn't tended to get much developer attention. If you know C and are bugged enough about the behavior, the printing code is in src/print.cpp. I don't know how it works, and there's no obvious flags being set for landscape/portrait, so it might take some experimentation to get it working right.
Bryce
Thanks Bryce,
However, since I don't know C, I'll just use my workaround of rotating the landscape image to portrait. It works every time.
Wayne
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