Re: afp print driver. how to get overlay landscape mode.

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ah!!! Sounds like progress to me!  :)  At least now you have a bunch of 
things to look at and a whole bunch more permutations to try.

I wonder if the next step, if its possible, is to see about changing the 
orientation of the overlay to portrait too, and see what happens then?

On 7/25/2012 3:02 PM, Gqcy wrote:
> btw...
> doing this created LOTS of windows errors about paper size not matching,
> and attempting to print outside of printable range...
>
>
>
> On 7/25/2012 2:49 PM, Booth Martin wrote:
> > I have had this problem before, but a long time ago. My memory is that
> > the final solution I came up with made sense, was simple, and not at all
> > obvious.
> >
> > I know this is a stupid question. Can you change the paper size to 11"
> > by 8.5" instead of 8.5" by 11"? If so, then run everything as portrait?
> >
> > On 7/25/2012 2:43 PM, Gqcy wrote:
> > > thanks, here are my results when I change the drivers orientation
> > > setting:
> > >
> > > default appears to be landscape, resulting afp document opens in afp
> > > viewer as portrait, top oriented to right.
> > > when I use landscape(270) resulting afp document opens as portrait, top
> > > oriented to left.
> > > when I use portrait, resulting afp document opens in afp viewer as
> > > portrait, top being oriented to right.
> > > when I use portrait(180), resulting afp document opens in afp viewer as
> > > portrait, top being oriented to right...
> > >
> > > ARGH!!!!!!!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 7/25/2012 2:27 PM, Booth Martin wrote:
> > > > Try taking away one "landscape" setting. That may be rotating it 90
> > > > degrees twice.
> > > >
> > > > On 7/25/2012 2:18 PM, Gqcy wrote:
> > > > > Thanks Michael,
> > > > > I have selected output type as overlay.
> > > > > the document is set as "landscape" in Word.
> > > > > in printer properties, for the AFP printer,
> > > > >
> > > > > I have Paper size set as Letter (8.5 x 11 in),
> > > > > Orentation as : Landscape.
> > > > >
> > > > > however the resulting AFP document opens in the AFP viewer as
> > > > > portrait, and when I take it up to the system i, it overlays as
> > > > > portrait...
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 7/25/2012 2:11 PM, Michael Ryan wrote:
> > > > > > Make sure in the printer properties that you specify Output Type as
> > > > > > Overlay. You can also set the Orientation and Paper Size.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Gqcy<gmufasa01@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > > I have a word document, that is in landscape mode.
> > > > > > > I am trying to use the afp print driver, to create an overlay.
> > > > > > > I have tried lots of different settings with the driver, but I can't
> > > > > > > get
> > > > > > > the correct combination.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Can someone help me?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > thanks...