How do I stop it from printing in landscape mode instead of portrait mode?

[mylani]

Documents are formatted properly (like a basic word document that you would read in portrait mode) but when I send it to print from my Epson printer, it flips the document so that it prints in landscape mode which is not how the document is formatted to print. I cannot figure out how to change the settings so that it stops doing that.

[Kruno]

What does File → Printer settings → Properties… say?

[CynthiaW]

I, too, am struggling with this problem. And there IS no choice under file–Printer Settings that would indicate either portrait or landscape. Besides, most of the items in the drop down menus are greyed out.

[Rally]

For LO 5.4.1.2 on macOS 10.12.6 and osx10.10 (yosemite),
I’ve experienced the ‘same issue’ with Letter size (8.5"x11") on Portrait Mode.
No such issue on Long Bond (8.5"x13") on Portrait mode.

For LO 5.3.4.2 on: macOS 10.12.6, osx10.10 (yosemite) and Windows10,
no issue with Letter size on portrait mode being printed on landscape.

I just use LO 5.3.4.2 (macOS) until the problem is fixed on LO 5.4.1.2 (macOS)

[JohnSidles]

In our office system, LibreOffice 5.3.6 and 5.4.2 both are broken, under both MacOS 10.11.6 (El Capitan) and 10.12.6 (Sierra). I have posted a workaround below.

[stveglines]

October 2017 and this is still a problem? This feature alone will prevent adoption of the program.
I too have discovered a workaround. See below.

[Libby24]

Just tried two more things that both worked. The easiest is to RESET PRINTERS which you can do in the system settings–go to “printers and scanners” and click “reset printer”. It will delete all your printers and then you can add your printer again. The other fix that worked for me is changing the page width to 8.51 in “Format–>Page”

[mweeks10]

This whole discussion is just a load of crap. I downloaded LibreOffice to do some work. I have now spent over two hours to discover that the program won’t print in landscape mode. It is useless to me.

[MikeT2]

Still a problem: MacOS 10.13.2, Libre Office 5.4, several different printers.
Preview shows portrait mode, but print dialog shows landscape mode.
Actually prints in landscape mode. WHY is this so hard to fix?

[Tempo67]

Very simple! Click the “brochure” box in the “more” option on the print dialog page, and then unclick it. The setting revert to portrait mode. It’s this simple. I’ve been trying to fix this for over a year. That did it.

[Mickeyflame]

I found this solution PRINTER PROPERTIES, JOB OPTIONS, COMMON OPTIONS, Highlight ‘Scale To Fit’, Change ‘Pages Per Side’ to 1, APPLY

[JohnSidles]

MANY MANY PEOPLE have been troubled by this longstanding LibreOffice bug … including my spouse at 2:00 am.

Here is yet another workaround, which I found by exhaustive testing.

The chief advantage of this workaround is that it requires NO changes to the document itself.

• MacOS: works for both 10.11.6 (El Capitan) and 10.12.6 (Sierra)

• LibreOffice: works for both 5.3.6 and 5.4.2

1. Call up the print dialog for a “Letter” text document by the usual method, namely “File” → “Print”

2. If necessary, select the menu item “LibreOffice” (other choices in this menu include “Layout”, etc.)

3. Two tabs will be visible now: namely “LibreOffice Writer” and “More”; select the tab “More”

4. Now a menu will be visible, whose choices include “All Pages”.

5. (Here’s the “magic”) select ANY menu item OTHER than “All Pages” … then reselect “All Pages”.

The net effect SHOULD be nil … but instead, this sequence will trigger a refresh of the entire dialog box … and the refreshed box will display a now-correct “Portrait” mode.

Problem solved … but alas, this fix must be applied anew for each print step.

[mikekaganski]

Thank you for sharing this finding; I’ve mentioned it on the issue page, so it may help Mac developer to find the problem.

[Lupp]

Please have a look on the amendments to my previous answer.

[orestk]

Thank you for this workaround. Although it must be done for each print step, it does assume that the bug is in LibreOffice and, importantly, that the bug will soon be fixed. I appreciate Lupp’s workaround but it presents the risk of having to reset templates back to their original, letter-size dimensions after a bug-fix for this issue drops into LibreOffice.

Thanks, Mike Kaganski, for a pointer to the bug report.

[amkaplan]

Having recently gotten the message from Microsoft that my old Office for Mac 2011 will no longer be supported, and finding that Office 2016 is bloated beyond all comprehension, I discovered LIbreOffice as a welcome alternative and ran into this bug. Thankfully, I found your workaround quite helpful, though not a preferred remedy. I am hoping that the developers will pay attention and can finally fix this problem.

Thanks,

Allan

Portrait documents want to print as landscape

[Lupp]

@orestk: This will depend on the frequency of your prints and the number of templates you are using.
Bug tdf#92190 (61 comments to date) was reported 2015-06-19 and is not yet assigned. May be long-lived.

[stveglines]

The magic button is Brochure. Turn it on, perform #5 above, then turn Brochure off. That’s the magic.

[Lupp]

There is no magic. There are a few workarounds, and to know one of them should not prohibit the study of the others already suggested. Depending on specific requirements different users may decide to prefer different ways.
This thread is rather bloated now. A bit more concise is this one on the same topic.

[miekb]

I too have this same problem with OSX 10.13 running Libre Office version 5.3.6.1 printing to 8.5 x 11 inch paper. Playing with the above mentioned “Brochure” check box under → Print → More fixes it for me too.
Yes it comes back every time you try to print.