tcp printer does not print in landscape 2

[obulldog27]

I am printing to a remote hp standard tcp, hp laserjet 8000 pcl printer that is about 1k miles away. I am able to print but not in legal landscape layout. Only in portrait/letter
I changed all the default settings to legal landscape for all trays etc. I even changed the setting on the server it was installed in. The local user is able to print in legal landscape?

 

[gbaughma]

If you're attempting to print from Microsoft Office (word, etc) (you didn't specify), the go to page setup. The page setup in the application often overrides the default printer settings.

I ran into this one where I was trying to get some stupid lables to print from the bypass tray on a color laser; I must have changed the default settings a dozen times, until I went into Page Setup in word itself and changed it there; that solved the problem.



Just my $.02

"In order to start solving a problem, one must first identify it's owner." --Me
--Greg

 

[obulldog27]

well i am printing from foxpro and a testpage.

 

[gbaughma]

Are you able to print from ANY application in Landscape mode?

If you go into the printer properties, Advanced Tab, Printing Defaults, switch to Landscape, apply, then do a test page (I just tried it on my 4000), does it print in Landscape then?

Does that particular printer have an "Auto Rotate" feature in the menus?

The thing to work out is if it is a printer issue, a driver issue, or an application issue. If you can print a test page in Landscape after setting Landscape as the default, then it's not a driver issue; time to move to the application itself.



Just my $.02

"In order to start solving a problem, one must first identify it's owner." --Me
--Greg

 

[dbMark]

I've had problems getting landscape to work in dBase, which is quite similar to FoxPro. Very finicky if you're not using the REPORT FORM. You have to use "???" to send the sequences directly to the printer. Using SET PRINTER ON and then "?" or "??" is not enough. You have to do it just right, or it fails. See my suggestion in the first link below. Although the PCL manual says you can combine many PCL commands into one escape sequence, I've found that landscape (and maybe some of the other commands in its PCL family group) works more reliably with their own escape commands.

thread697-676105 - be careful how you combine PCL commands
thread697-677170 - driver issue if you use a Windows NT print server

Other forums to try (you did not mention your version):
FoxPro forum182 handles older FoxPro versions up to 2.6
Visual FoxPro forum184 is the general forum for 3.0 and newer

When you do figure out the problem's solution, be sure you post back here to let us know.

dbMark