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

[daid kahl <daidxor@gmail.com>]

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