#1

I went to format then page and then choose portrait and my print preview is in portrait as well but whenever I print something it comes out landscape! Please help me I am trying to print my essays. Im on the documents

Printing problem (want portrait, get landscape)
LibreOffice 5 for mac will only print landscape. Please help
#2

@camaguilar12 The system informed me that you edited the question. However I cannot find any information helping to a next step here or in the comments on answers. Did you try any of the suggested approaches? To what effect? We even still don’t know your OS.

#3

I am having the same issue LO 5.0.1.2 on Mac 10.10 and 10.11. Documentation is at https://youtu.be/ARp6EJ7C0uk

#4

I have a similar problem. The first time I print it actually rotates my last page to landscape but if I go to print a second time it rotates the entire document to landscape. If I exit and reprint it prints in portrait. Of note is that I do have one page in the document that is formatted to landscape. Here is information about my version if that helps anyone: Version: 5.1.2.2
Build ID: 1:5.1.2~rc2-0ubuntu1~trusty0
CPU Threads: 4; OS Version: Linux 4.2; UI Render: default;
Locale: en-US (en_

#5

same problem. i set the slide format to portait, i set the printer preferences to portrait. i get landscape.

i click on slide properties and select portait and it says width is 11" and height is 8.5"… i don’t think libre office knows what portrait and landscape mean. oh. and this doesn’t solve the problem either.

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#6

@annoyed: Are you aware of the fact that a new comment does not “bump” the thread? Only those having contributed to the thread earlier are notified by default. It’s very likely that you won’t get a new answer.
Did you study the answers two contrbutors (among them myself) tried in 2015?
You can be sure LibO can handle paper orientation. No problem here for years! However, the printer (driver), and the OS are relevant in the context.

We are all annoyed in one or another way.

#7

I’m having the same problem, and I’ve noticed this problem is not unique to us, and has been asked on the site before without resolution. One commonality is that the question itself is downvoted to zero. .
Apache OpenOffice does not have this problem, but consider a product with a less toxic user base.

#8

My Mac was fine until I just upgraded. Yes there is a workaround, but it’s ridiculous to have to reset to print every single document correctly Beyond annoying.

#9

My Mac was fine until I just upgraded. Yes there is a workaround, but it’s ridiculous to have to reset to print every single document correctly Beyond annoying.

#10

I would suggest you read my comment on your similar comment on my answer in this thread.

#11

When you select print you select the printer, if you have more than one printer. Click on the "Properties " button below the printer list and select “Portrait”.

#12

I only have one printer and the problem is still happening.

#13

@camaguilar12 did you click on the printer “Properties” below the printer list and set the orientation to “Portrait”? If you are using Windows you can set the orientation to “Portrait” from the Control Panel - “Devices and Printers”.

#14

Does the printer driver also offer options concerning the paper orientation / rotation / flipping?

“in old times” I experiencfed problems as you describe it caused by settings for the document and the printer that were incompatible under the circumstances then.

Even having only one physical printer you might have different installations using different drivers. Sometimes the standard driver offered by the OS is not optimal, sometimes even the printer manufacturer might provide a bad driver.

#15

A few different approaches:

  1. Reinstall your printer. Look first for the most recent driver available for your OS.

  2. Strange problems are sometimes caused by a corruption of the user profile. You may create a virgin one following this wiki page.

  3. You may try to print one of your failing documents with a different version of LibreOffice or even Apache OpenOffice. If you are on Windows (or also with Wine under Linux) you needn’t install another version but better use a package in a PortableApp .paf.exe archive which you can extract to anywhere and then use without installation. As a portable version will not access the user profile of the installed one, this approach will cover the first one partially, too.

If you need further help with the proceeding, don’t hesitate to ask for it. I can tell you more about portable apps, someone else may be better in printers. You should, however, name your operating system(version and your printer and the used diver precisely.

(Just a bump to help @annoyed to get answers.)

#16

Oh for the love of God!

#17

LOL. I’m glad I didn’t delete Open Office!!!

#18

Thanks to Lupp for detailed advice. But I am still having the same problem.

I am running LibreOffice 5.3.6.1 on a MacBook Air with OS X 10.12.6. I print to an HP 8620 via wi-fi; the driver was updated today with a July 2017 version.

When I print from LibreOffice the page prints sideways. Not in landscape, but sideways, so that the lower part of the page is cut off. The workaround suggested in this forum, to Export to PDF first, does work; the PDF prints properly. But this is awkward. (This problem does not occur when printing from applications other than LO, and it seemed to appear when I upgraded to 5.3.6.1.)

I have run LO in safe mode and the same problem appears.

I went ahead and removed my Applications Support folder for LO, then restarted the computer and LO. Problem persists.

If anyone has advice on what else to do, I should be grateful.

#19

This is the LETTER format problem on Mac. See here for workaround.

#20

I am using a Mac Mini with Sierra, LO 5.4.1.2. All my Writer documents print correctly except one document that wants to print in landscape when everything, including print-preview, shows portrait. If I output the document as PDF and print from Adobe, the printing is correct.

When I move the one troublesome document to a Linux machine with LO 5.1, the document prints correctly in portrait using LO.

I conclude that there is something weird in this one document that is confusing the Mac version of LO 5.4.1.2.