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There's No Such Thing as Landscape Printing

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CUPS ESC/POS Printer
oon arfiandwi
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oon arfiandwi
keep it simple, s!

This article 12 really gives me an enlightment while setting-up a cups (google cloud print) based print server.

Portrait or landscape specify the orientation for viewing.

The viewing orientation is irrelevant for printing.

For printing it only matters whether or not the content of the page fits in the printable area of the paper regardless what the orientation for viewing the printed paper is.