On Mon 23 Mar 2026 at 07:09:55 (-0400), Haines Brown wrote: > On Sun, Mar 22, 2026 at 11:01:16PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > I think the 1024 sizes above merely reflect the pipe's buffer size: > > the corresponding d file will be the true size. > > > > CUPS is based on a PDF workflow, so the first step with text is to > > convert it to a PDF. I think that's the filter which is producing > > landscape pages, and I think that the second filter, pdftopdf, is > > autorotating such pages before it gets sent to the printer by the > > final filter. > > > > I'm assuming that when you print an ordinary portrait PDF, you get > > a normal-looking portrait document. > > No, when I print a pdf, the output is lansscape.
IOW, you expect A: |--------------| | | | TEXTtopTTEXT | | TEXTTEXTTEXT | | TEXTTEXTTEXT | | TEXTTEXTTEXT | | TEXTTEXTTEXT | | TEXTTEXTTEXT | | TEXTTEXTTEXT | | TEXbottomEXT | | | |--------------| but get one of B (shrunk to all fit on one sheet): |--------------------------------| | texttopttext | | texttexttext | | texttexttext | | texbottomext | |--------------------------------| or C (at 100% and hence requiring a second sheet for the bottom half): |--------------------------------| | TEXTTEXTtopTTEXTTEXT | | TEXTTEXTTEXTTEXTTEXT | | TEXTTEXTTEXTTEXTTEXT | | TEXTTEXTTEXTTEXTTEXT | |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| | TEXTTEXTTEXTTEXTTEXT | | TEXTTEXTTEXTTEXTTEXT | | TEXTTEXTTEXTTEXTTEXT | | TEXTTEXbottomEXTTEXT | |--------------------------------| or D, like C but without the second page (even under your chair). :) Which? > > > Where is the RFC? > > > > $ wget https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc8011.txt > > at page 122. > > All is does it to define the fuction. That's what RFCs do. I thought that's what you wanted, to supplement your understanding of man lp[r]. > > Before you make a portrait option permanent, I would find out what > > happens with documents that have mixed orientation from page to page. > > (There's a "mixed.pdf" document available on the wiki page referenced > > earlier.) > > Interesting, when I printed it, the first (portait) page simply > not printed. The following landscape pages printed correctly > (landscape) > > I could use lpoptions to make portrait default, but an uncertain > of its consequences. On Mon 23 Mar 2026 at 07:16:29 (-0400), Haines Brown wrote: > David, I misspoke. The first page of the mixed.pdf did print. I > found it under my chair. In short, lpr on mixed.pdf printed just > fine. "Just fine" seems to contradict the statement made above: > No, when I print a pdf, the output is lansscape. Cheers, David.
