[libreoffice-users] Re: Envelopes print in wrong orientation

Alan B schreef op 14-12-15 om 14:26:
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 7:53 AM, Philip Jackson <philip.jackson@nordnet.fr>
> wrote:
>
> > When I dropped Windows for linux about 18 months' ago, I moved to
> > LibreOffice 4.2.8.2 and saw that LO Writer had inherited the same bug
> > from OO.
> >
> > My case involved a standard size European envelope to suit A4 paper
> > folded into a third (two folds on the long side) - approx 22cm x 11cm.
> > IIRC, this is the DL envelope in LO and OO.
> >
> > LibreOffice (and OO) give in this case an unwanted 2" top margin. Your
> > workaround to correct paper size, adjust top margin, shift the text
> > boxes, is too much hassle if you've lots of envelopes to do.
>
> Yes, that workaround is too much if envelopes are routinely being printed.
> I did the same thing, create a template for #10 envelopes, when I was on LO
> 3.x. Even though I wasn't making lots of envelopes I seem to recall it was
> even harder to get a properly printed envelope than the steps provided in
> my response. Creating a template was the only way to consistently get a
> properly printed envelope.
>
> Since I've been on LO 5 I've only printed #10 envelopes using the menu
> features (didn't bring the template forward to the new installation) and
> haven't encountered any bug. I was surprised to see it rear its head when I
> did the testing to reply to Bill's message. Since it's happening to you on
> a different size perhaps the bug is a component of the envelope size or
> maybe the printer setting or a combination.
>
> Regardless, yes it is a very frustrating bug to deal with If I was a
> programmer I certainly would try and resolve that one. But I'm not. So
> can't do more than identify, develop workarounds, and hope for it to go
> away.

Coming from MS Word I was horrified to see that I could not print 
envelopes, because OOo/LO did not permit landscape printing. I found 
that the preset language type for printer was "PDF". When I changed this 
to "Postscript" I could print in Landscape. If this is your problem:

Under "Print" -> "General" -> "Properties of Printer" -> "Apparatus" 
choose "Language Type of Printer": "Postscript Level of printing 
propgram". The alternative is "PDF". If you choose the latter, it is 
impossible to print in Landscape. I am working with the Dutch language 
version, so the choices above might be slightly different.

I hope this helps.

Greetings and good luck.

Erik


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