Thanks for this work around. What a frustrating bug!!
I’m running Version: 5.3.7.2 which claims to be up to date. OS X El Capitan 10.11.4
5.3.7 is supposed to be a reasonably enhanced, and at the same time well debugged “still” version. Nonetheless V5.4.4 also is no longer “fresh”, and on 2018-02-04 the first release of the 6.x.y series (6.0.0.3) was published. I still hope to get told and confirmed the state of the Mac/Letter/Landscape issue for the fresh versions. I cannot test myself.
If the page orientation under ‘Format’ > ‘Page’ is set correctly for each used page style, the issue should surely lie in the range of printer/printer driver. There are many different Epson printers and probably outdated printer drivers. To get help more likely, you should name your OS/version, the printer, and the actually used driver.
On any system the same printer (hardware) can be installed with different drivers (software) under more than one names. One of the installations may be set as Standard … Anotherone may be chosen for printing from LibO…
A lot of fringes…
Edited regarding the course of the discussion here: Irrelevant parts striked out, explanation below added.
As I see it, it turned out that the issue is completely due to the operating system being OSX of some verion((s) on a Mac. In addition it seems most likely that it specifically is related to the outdated USA paper sizes. Unfortunately the OQ didn’t name the OS even after being requested expressly.
In this thread and in others on the issue as well, the preferred suggested workaround was: Omit the usage of the predefined paper size and replace it by a slightly different ‘User’ defined size, say about 2/100 of an inch (2.54 cm) or 0.03 cm larger in one dimension. The change must be sufficient to persist over a save/reload cicle. (During my testing 0.02 cm e.g. were first accepted as a relevant change, but not properly saved then.) Please test to be sure.
Regarding the recent answer by @JohnSidles:
As he stated himself, the steps need to be repeated in advance of each printout.
This may be error-prone and time-consuming.
I would prefer to apply the workaround described above to each template I have in use, in specific to the standard template of any document type if afflicted.
(Sorry, lacking a Mac I cannot test myself. But I watched the related threads, and feel rather sure that my advice is not just a blind man’s talking about colors.)
It’s not unique to MacOS or to letter size paper. I have the same problem with 9"x12" paper and Ubuntu 16.04. None of the work-arounds discussed in this thread make any difference. It will always print in landscape, even though the printer only supports portrait orientation.
Version info
Build ID: 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial2
CPU Threads: 2; OS Version: Linux 4.4; UI Render: default;
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); Calc: group
If the problem is due to the OS why does Office and every other application print OK?
Hi
Check also File▸Print▸Options tab▸Use only paper size from printer preferences (ticked or unticked)
Regards
Thanks but I have tried that. 
The Epson printer drivers are necessary for the operating system to interact with the printer. Without a printer driver, your Epson printer is not able to perform printing job. If the printer drivers installed on your computer are of wrong type, obsolete, incompatible or corrupt, the printer does not work correctly. Therefore to rectify or fix the issue, please inspect the printer drivers carefully.
What if Format–Page is greyed out???
You surely understand that this is not a common behaviour of LibO ‘Writer’ which is used successfully by millions of people (among them myself) for printing in either page orientation, also mixed from the same document. Thus the problem you have must be due to specifics of your OS / printer / printer driver / LibO installation / your documents (settings protections / …). Not knowing these specifics an answer might be impossible.
Did you already try to (e.g.)
- reset your user profile?
- take your file to another computer (with a printer) and test there?
- completely uninstall your printer and reinstall it?
- look for an improved driver for your printer?
- completely uninstall (by means of your OS) LibO and reinstall the current version from scratch?
- print some newly created ‘Writer’ documents without much content?
How nice for you Lupp. But the problem really is with your beloved LibreOffice. I downloaded an older version and the problem resolved itself.
How nice for you Lupp. But the problem really is with your beloved LibreOffice. I downloaded an older version and the problem resolved itself.
Not in the mood for kidding.
There are many reports meanwhile seeing this problem very specifically related to LibO under some Mac OSX versions when using the outdated US paper sizes (Letter e.g.).
If you are on a different OS and use internationally standardised paper I don’t have further advice.
(Decades ago were many issues related to cases where some parts of a software didn’t know of updates creating mandatory indirections concerning attributes formerly set directly. A revival? )
For me this permanently-stuck-in-Landscape print-problem occurs on two physically different Apple computers, running two different MacOS versions (namely 10.11.6 (El Capitan) and 10.12.6 (Sierra)), running two different LibreOffice versions (namely 5.3.6 and a fresh-install of 5.4.2). After a lot of experimentation, I found a workaround, that is posted below.
@JohnSidles: The post you commented on here, wrongly created as an answer, addressed a different issue. Or did you ever find the sub-menu item ‘Format’ > ‘Page…’ disabled in relation to your issue?
(Your workaround may help nonetheless in this case.)
It is an issue with LibreOffice. Go to Format>Page and change the Format from Letter to A4
Go back to your print screen and all should be right in the world.
I don’t have enuf points to upvote (bogus), but wanted to thank you for your answer. It’s amazing that no matter how high-tech we get, it’s always printing that drags us back to stone knives and bearskins mode.
Thank you for your advise! Changing the page format from Letter to A4 solved my printing problem. Now I can print in portrait mode instead of landscape.