[Tutor] Printing Sideway...

[Ken G.]

Okay, thanks.  Understood.  It's not a big thing here.  Thought I would 
ask.

Ken

Alan Gauld wrote:
>
>> Ken G. wrote:
>>> I am using Ubuntu 9.04 as my primary OS.  I have Windows XP
>>> installed in the first partition (dual boot).  I have Python
>>> 2.6.2 installed on both OS.  The printer is a Cannon MX300.
>>> To print on the envelope, I use Windows Works v4.5 which is
>>> easy to use.  I just learned how to print via Open Office
>>> Writer 3.0.1 which took several hours to do properly.
>>>
>>> If it is not possible to print sideways, I understand.
>
> It is possible but the solution has nothing to do with Python. That is 
> the point Bob is making. How you print sideways depends on the printer 
> driver, the application software you are using, and the OS.
>
> ON Unix you can print sideways by doing things like sending print 
> formatting codes through any of the print formatting programs in Unix 
> - groff being a good example. Or you could create an HTML document 
> containing your text and then print that via a browser.
> Or you can format the output normally and then programmatically set 
> the printer driver options to print in a different orientation.
>
> All of these could be done from Python or via manual intervention.
>
> HTH,
>