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- From: chris@chrism.demon.co.uk (Chris Marriott)
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!chrism.demon.co.uk!chris
- Subject: Re: Landscape Mode Printing
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- References: <1992Dec22.095037.25822@cuug.ab.ca>
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 22:12:44 +0000
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- In article <1992Dec22.095037.25822@cuug.ab.ca> mcneillb@cuug.ab.ca writes:
-
- >I have a problem concerning printing in Landscape mode in
- >Windows 3.1 in a program that I am writing with Borland C++
- >version 3.1. What is frustrating about this is that
- >everything works when I print Portrait mode but nothing
- >prints under Landscape mode (Laserjet IIIsi or Roland 9
- >pin). I'm under the impression that there is no difference
- >in my code for Portrait and Landscape modes since windows
- >handles the print orientation. Could I be wrong?? It
- >wouldn't be the first time! I have tried some other source
- >code (DLGDEMO4 from PC-Magazine July 1992 by Ray Duncan, for
- >example) and have found that these programs also fail to
- >print in Landscape mode.
- >
- >If I use landscape mode the window does not refresh from the
- >print dialog box and the program hangs on the EndPage
- >function until I cancel the print job. Nothing is sent to
- >the printer. Something is sent to the Print Spooler (a
- >StartDoc or StartPage) but no record of anything to
- >physically print. If I click anywhere other then the cancel
- >print job button in my abort print dialog, I might have to
- >cntrl-alt-del the program to kill it. I know that my
- >printer works with Landscape mode since NotePad and other
- >applications print Landscape mode just fine. Could my
- >problem be something that I'm missing or could it be some
- >undocumented function or what?
- >
- >Any help would be greatly appreciated.
- >
- >Blake McNeill
- >
- >@cuugnet.cuug.ab.ca
- >
- >Does a psychic's phone ever ring??
- >
- >
- >
-
- Sounds like a bug in your printer driver? Why not try installing another
- printer driver - one of the well-known ones such as PostScript or HP
- LaserJet - and see if the problem still occurs. Set the printer port to
- "file" if you don't actually have another printer.
-
- BTW, I've written lots of Windows software that does landscape-mode
- printing, and it all works fine!
-
- Chris
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