Setting Portrait or Landscape

Hans L said:

Hm, I renamed my Canon printer to "Canon MX700 – Portrait" and then, I added another printer, first named "Canon Inkjet MX700 series" and then changed by me to "Canon MX700 – Landscape". Now, in Control Panel – Hardware and Sound – Devices and Printers, only Canon MX700 – Landscape is listed, that is, Canon MX700 – Portrait AND Canon Inkjet MX700 series FAX have disappeared.

However, in my clipboard program, ClipCache, all three printers are listed under "Select Printer".

When you have more than one printer object that all use the same printer driver, Win7 will present only one printer object in Devices and Printers (I think the name shown under the object is probably the name of the printer which is the default).

However they've been "grouped" for display here because they share the same driver. But if you right-click on that printer object and then drop the cursor down to the "printing preferences" item you'll see that there's a right-arrow, and you'll get a flyout that lists BOTH of your printer names.

You then select which of the two printers you want to see the "printing preferences" for, and you'll be able to adjust each one separately.

Again, the grouping together is something Win7 does to make things much cleaner, when they all use the same printer driver.

A bit of a disappointment. When I print out with "Canon MX700 – Landscape" and it is the default printer, the printout is landscape.

But, when I print out with "Canon MX700 – Landscape" but "Canon MX700 – Portrait" is the default printer, and whether the orientation is set to "Portrait" or "Landscape" in the print dialog of ClipCache and Word 2000, the printout is still portrait.

However, In Word 2000, I could not print out in landscape at all using the Landscape printer.

So, our little scheme does not seem to work. Or is there something one can do?

Regards,

HansL

dsperber said:

Hans L said:

Hm, I renamed my Canon printer to "Canon MX700 – Portrait" and then, I added another printer, first named "Canon Inkjet MX700 series" and then changed by me to "Canon MX700 – Landscape". Now, in Control Panel – Hardware and Sound – Devices and Printers, only Canon MX700 – Landscape is listed, that is, Canon MX700 – Portrait AND Canon Inkjet MX700 series FAX have disappeared.

However, in my clipboard program, ClipCache, all three printers are listed under "Select Printer".

When you have more than one printer object that all use the same printer driver, Win7 will present only one printer object in Devices and Printers (I think the name shown under the object is probably the name of the printer which is the default).

However they've been "grouped" for display here because they share the same driver. But if you right-click on that printer object and then drop the cursor down to the "printing preferences" item you'll see that there's a right-arrow, and you'll get a flyout that lists BOTH of your printer names.

You then select which of the two printers you want to see the "printing preferences" for, and you'll be able to adjust each one separately.

Again, the grouping together is something Win7 does to make things much cleaner, when they all use the same printer driver.

Okay, I do understand. Thank you!

Hans L

I just wanted to throw this out there since you mentioned Microsoft Word. When you test your Landscape/Portrait, I wouldn't use Microsoft Word as the test. The page setup in your document in Word can override the setting you make in the driver. I'm not sure why, but it sucks.
The printer settings are ignored when you print a Word document

Hans L said:

A bit of a disappointment. When I print out with "Canon MX700 – Landscape" and it is the default printer, the printout is landscape.

But, when I print out with "Canon MX700 – Landscape" but "Canon MX700 – Portrait" is the default printer, and whether the orientation is set to "Portrait" or "Landscape" in the print dialog of ClipCache and Word 2000, the printout is still portrait.

However, In Word 2000, I could not print out in landscape at all using the Landscape printer.

So, our little scheme does not seem to work. Or is there something one can do?

Regards,

HansL

I guess that if I have the Landscape printer as default, things will work as I want, mostly. Guess that is as far as we can get on this issue. Thank you all for grat help.

Regards,

Hans L