KnowledgeBase Archive

An Archive of Early Microsoft KnowledgeBase Articles

View on GitHub

Q83788: How to Use the LandScapeOrient=Angle Setting

Article: Q83788
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 08-DEC-1999

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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:

1. Open Control Panel and choose the Printers icon.

2. Select the active PostScript printer and choose the Setup button.

3. 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:

1. From the PageMaker menu, choose the File command.

2. 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          :  
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin310 kbWin311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1,3.11

=============================================================================

THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.