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Ive been searching and searching , and every answer i get is no. X|
Why is it that with activex using the WScript.Shell you can edit regitry entries , but you cant set the printer orientation to landscape???

Posted 20-Jul-10 4:02am

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i solved this by creating a print template and using it via activex, this only works in internet explorer

Posted 24-Nov-11 20:10pm

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E.F. Nijboer · Accepted Answer · 2010-07-20T09:09:00

Solution 1

Because you should use css to specify this, put something like this in the html head section:

CSS

<style type="text/css">
@page
{
    size: landscape;
    margin: 2cm;
}
</style>

<style type="text/css" media="print">
@page
{
    size: landscape;
    margin: 2cm;
}
</style>

Posted 20-Jul-10 9:09am

E.F. Nijboer