Re: [gentoo-user] kde4 - prints pdf file sideways

[Joseph <syscon780@gmail.com>]

On 02/25/10 16:18, daid kahl wrote:
>On 25 February 2010 15:19, Joseph <syscon780@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I just switched one of my machine to KDE4.3 and when I try to print "pdf"
>> document it prints it sideways.
>> I've tried Okurla and xpdf same effect.
>>
>> The "pdf" shows correctly on the screen and prints correctly from kde-3.5
>> Is it a bug or I need to make a correction/adjustment somewhere?
>>
>> --
>> Joseph
>
>Hello,
>
>I had a very similar problem to this in kde3.5 (I am not using kde4).
>I don't seem to have kept a written record, and I don't have direct
>access to a kde machine, but please test this idea.  It is very
>strange.
>
>Open kedit, and go under the printing preferences and find something
>like "print layout" which gives you a landscape or portrait.  Toggle
>this to whichever one it is not.  Try printing again.
>
>This is very quaint, and the part that bothered me the most about it
>was that, according to my tests and memory:
>1) this controls printing style for all users (including root)
>2) this controls printing style outside of kde
>
>See if this can help you.
>
>Regards,
>daid

You might be correct.
When I print a document from my folder it printed correctly, but when my daughter logged in it is printing sideways. 
KDE4 does not have any printer setting, or does it?  I was able to find link to cups but nothing specific to kde4 printers.

-- 
Joseph