How to Use the LandScapeOrient=Angle Setting

ID: Q83788

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Windows version 3.1, the LandScapeOrient setting must be placed in the [ModelName,Port] section of the WIN.INI file, not in the [PostScript] section in order to function. For example:


Correct:        [Apple LaserWriter II NTX,LPT3]
advflags=696
header=1
landscapeorient=270
 
Incorrect:      [PostScript,LPT1]
ATM=placeholder
landscapeorient=270

If the [ModelName,Port] section cannot be found, you can force the setting to be written to the WIN.INI file, as follows:

Open Control Panel and choose the Printers icon.

Select the active PostScript printer and choose the Setup button.

Choose the OK button, then the Close button.

With Aldus PageMaker Version 4.0

If you are working with PageMaker version 4.0, you will have to reinstall the target printer to refer to your specific printer:

From the PageMaker menu, choose the File command.

Select the Target Printer option, and then choose your printer's

name.

MORE INFORMATION

[Modelname,Port] LandScapeOrient [default: 90]

This setting in the WIN.INI file determines the angle that the paper is rotated to obtain landscape orientation. Earlier versions of the Windows PostScript driver used 270-degree rotation. However, this rotation setting is opposite to the 90-degree rotation that most other laser printers use. To return to the previous version of landscape orientation, change this value to 270.

Printing imported images (encapsulated PostScript [EPS] files, for example) in landscape orientation from some applications (for example, Aldus PageMaker 4.0) may result in improper placement or orientation of the image. Changing the setting to 270 may work around the problem.

Additional query words: 3.10 3.1 driver 3.11

Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
Platform : WINDOWS
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