Cannot Print Office Docs in Landscape

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Mark Konwinski

I'm using Windows XP and Office 2003, and I cannot get any
of my Office docs to print in landscape. It doesn't
matter what document it is, or what printer it goes to.

I have tried reinstalling Office, and reloading the OS and
neither has solved the problem. Any ideas???
 
Are the slides set up as landscape in Page Setup? Are you setting the
printer to landscape? You may need to try it both ways in the printer
dialog to determine what the printer requires.
 
Yes, they are setup as landscape in both places. I am
having the same problems in Word and Excel and it is
happening at multiple printers.
 
Not a bug that I'm aware of. If it were, every other post here would be
complaining about it. If you are having the same problem in Word and Excel
then it isn't application specific. Does it happen in any non-Office
applications?
 
If it just started recently, unlikley to be bug. Something changed? What
changed?

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms
 
Yes, they are setup as landscape in both places. I am
having the same problems in Word and Excel and it is
happening at multiple printers.
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First, are these locally installed printer drivers or are they on a network?
The drivers, that is, not the printers themselves.

Next, did you set up the driver to default to landscape outside of PowerPoint?

In other words:
Start, Settings, Printers
Pick your printer
When its dialog box comes up, choose Printers, Printing Preferences
Pick Landscape then click Apply

You might need to do that with some drivers instead of setting the printer to
landscape from within PowerPoint.



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Yes, it's a locally installed printer and the drivers are
local as well.

No, the driver is not set to default to landscape but
should it be? I mean, by that logic, everytime I want
something to print to landscape I'll have to go into the
printers preferences and change it? That doesn't seem
right.
 
No, the driver is not set to default to landscape but
should it be? I mean, by that logic, everytime I want
something to print to landscape I'll have to go into the
printers preferences and change it? That doesn't seem
right.
Click to expand...

No, it's not the way it's supposed to be, but it can happen with some
combinations of programs/windows versions and drivers that setting the
orientation or other printer features from within the app just doesn't "stick".

Newer drivers may fix that. It's worth having a look on the printer
manufacturer's site. In the meanwhile, if setting printer default to
landscape works, then, you've at least got a workaround.

With some drivers you can install multiple instances of the same printer, set
one up for Landscape, the other for Portrait and name them accordingly. Then
at print time you pick e.g. InkSchpritzer2000_Landscape

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PPTools: www.pptools.com
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October 10-13, San Diego, CA www.PowerPointLive.com
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Hello,

This is a known problem with some printer drivers. They do not understand
that PowerPoint slides print, by default, in landscape orientation. The
workarounds include:

* Short-Term: Change your default printer driver settings to be for
landscape printing.

* Long-Term: Get an different updated, certified printer driver (if
available) for your printer.

John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

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