Bug#779178: pdftopdf does not handle the landscape option correctly
severity 779178 important
retitle 779178 pdftopdf does not handle the landscape option correctly
thanks
On Tue 03 Mar 2015 at 13:50:25 +0900, Tomoo Nomura wrote:
> Hello Brian,
Hello Tomoo,
Please do not forget to include the bug (779178@bugs.debian.org) when
you reply. Mails to only me have to redirected back to the report.
> >They do indeed. On Jessie "NOMURA" is at the upper right-hand corner of
> >Yes,the page; on Wheezy it is at the lower left-hand corner. Correct?
> Yes, it is.
> When printing on an envelop, a tab for sticking area must be upper
> side because of paper feed mechanism.
> So, rotate direction is important.
Agreed.
> >Whether the difference between Wheezy and Jessie is a result of changes
> >in CUPS or cups-filters is unknown (to me) so I have included a CC to
> >the cups-filters maintainer.
> Thank you. I'm waiting another maintainer will contact me.
I am not a maintainer.
> >You might be able to overcome your problem with "orientation-required=5"
> >in an lpoptions file.
> OK, I try to find a solution using options file.
I am having doubts that a solution with orientation-requested will meet
with success as landscape printing in testing for PDFs appears to be
broken.
Both
lp -d <print queue> -o landscape -o page-ranges=1 /usr/share/doc/shared-mime-info/shared-mime-info-spec.pdf
and
lp -d <print queue> -o orientation-requested=4 -o page-ranges=1 /usr/share/doc/shared-mime-info/shared-mime-info-spec.pdf
are printed as portrait. I have tested this in a number of ways, including
setting up PostScript and PDF print queues to print to file. Also, pdfinfo
shows a rotation of 180 degrees in out.pdf taking place with
/usr/sbin/cupsfilter -m application/vnd.cups-pdf <any_PDF> > out.pdf
Ubuntu has a couple of recent bug reports:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1424609
and
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups-filters/+bug/1266119
Altering the title and severity of the bug to reflect reality.
Regards,
Brian.
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