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HansPL
Inspiring
November 10, 2018
Question

Layout setting (Portrait) not working

  • November 10, 2018
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Hello:

I have set Win10 > Setting > Devices > Printer & scanners > Adobe PDF > Manage > Printing Preferences > Layout > Orientation

tp "Portrait". Still, when I print using Adobe PDF, the resulting pdf file is in Landscape layout.

Would anyone know why this may happen?

Thanks,

Hans L

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Test Screen Name
Legend
November 12, 2018

Still not clear whether you are

* Trying to print an existing PDF to a real printer? (Our discussion does not apply)

* Trying to print an existing file, not a PDF, to a PDF, using the Adobe PDF printer? (Discussion applies, but maybe there is another way to make the file: please give details)

* Trying to print a PDF to make a new PDF: DON'T !!

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HansPLAuthor
Inspiring
November 12, 2018

Sorry if I was not clear.

I am going on to National Geographic Society website. As a electronic magazine subscriber, I am allowed to copy pages. I have to mark every page individually (they certainly do not make it easy) and resolution is about 40 dpi (according to someone on the web who measure it and according to my strained eyes).

Anyway, I highlight the pages I want to print, click a button "Print", and up comes a regular print box. I set the printer to Adobe PDF (I have not set it to default yet) and I go to Layout and set the orientation to Portrait (which I have to, in spite of setting default tot Portrait). Then, I print, and get a pdf file.

It works, but it is time-consuming.

Hans L

Dov Isaacs
Dov Isaacs
Legend
November 12, 2018

Too bad that as a subscriber, they don't simply let you download a PDF copy of the magazine! That would really solve the problem.

          - Dov

- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
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Test Screen Name
Legend
November 11, 2018

Yes. So long as the app isn't already running when you set it.

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Test Screen Name
Legend
November 11, 2018

Changes made to printer setup only apply to the current print session.

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HansPLAuthor
Inspiring
November 11, 2018

Well, there is this setup/preferences:

Win10 > Setting > Devices > Printer & scanners > Adobe PDF > Manage > Printing Preferences > Layout > Orientation

Shouldn't that be retained between print sessions?

Dov Isaacs
Dov Isaacs
Legend
November 12, 2018

You also need to set the printer defaults, not just the preferences, to these values!!!!

          - Dov

- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
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Test Screen Name
Legend
November 11, 2018

Not sure I follow. If you have a PDF document already why would you print to PDF?

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HansPLAuthor
Inspiring
November 11, 2018

I was just checking the setting or Orientation, which in one ase is Portrait and in another case Landscape, in spite of my setting the Orientation in Adopbe PDF printer to Portrait and setting automatic rotation to Off.

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Test Screen Name
Legend
November 10, 2018

There is an auto rotate function which will turn a page if the text is mostly sideways. Is that what you’re seeing? It can be turned off.

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HansPLAuthor
Inspiring
November 10, 2018

Thanks. Now, I have looked everywhere I could figure out this setting could be, but cannot find it. Would you kindly lead me to water (I will drink :-)!?

Hans L

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Test Screen Name
Legend
November 11, 2018

Took some finding. Here it is

To get this screen click Edit for job settings.

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