On Thu, 17 Jul 2025 09:29:18 -0400, Haines wrote in message
<aHj6rjhiJZFzE8JE@???>:

> Sorry for a question only marginally related to Devuan, but my
> problem arose only with a reinstall of daedalus. I have no DE.
>
> Simply put, pdf files print in portrait mode as they should, but
> text files print landscape. I have a HP LaserJet connected
> wirelessly. The printer test page prints as it should.
>
> I suspect it is a driver issue, but I use the default driverless
> CUPs filter for my printer. Rather than the postscript driver
> recommended for a later model of the printer.
>
> Printing with $ lp -o requested-orientation=6 prints portrait as it
> should. So it seems the default orenitantion is landscape.

..man lp() suggestion: mess around with numbers, like:
-o orientation-requested=4 or
-o orientation-requested=5 or
-o orientation-requested=6 etc.

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