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Author: william m. moss
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] lpr print pdf file landscape orientation
On 4/8/22 16:12, radisson via Dng wrote:
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> Am 02.12.21 um 23:17 schrieb Marjorie Roome via Dng:
>> Hi Haines,
>>
>> On Sun, 2021-11-28 at 15:12 -0500, Haines Brown wrote:
>>> I have bsd-lpr. I can print a text file with landscape orientation
>>> with  $ lpr -o landscape file.txt
>>>
>>> My problem is that I cannot print pdf files in landscape
>>> orientation. $ lpr -o landscape file.pdf does nothing.
>
> you need some utility programm
> the print spooler will only transferinformation
> the -o opition will be transfered to a filter programm (if configured)
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> https://unix-stackexchange-com.translate.goog/questions/394065/command-line-how-do-you-rotate-a-pdf-file-90-degrees?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=de&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=sc
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> alternative you can make a ps (pdf2ps) and use pstops from psutils.
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> hope that helps,
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>>> I don't want to make landscape the default CUPS orientation.
>>>
>>> Atril rotates the display of the PDF, but not the content of the
>>> file in relation to the page when printed.
>>>
>>> The qpdfview utility also can rotate the display of text but
>>> when printed the effect is simply move  text up on the page.
>>>
>>> I don't see how poppler-utils can be of help.
>>>
>>> How does one print a PDF with landscape orientattion?
>>>
>> Isn't the page orientation used encoded in the pdf?
>>
>> To change it, other than by shrinking the page down so it fits on the
>> paper in landscape orientation I think you would need to use a pdf
>> editor to reflow the content.
>>
>> If you have a document or image that you are converting to a pdf then
>> if you format the document or image landscape then the exported pdf
>> will also be landscape.
>>
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atril -- believe it is installed by default. Very easy to use and it works.