Barry, thanks. You do not need to worry about the connection type, the problem is independent of how the printer is connected (would also occur with network printers).
It looks like a bug in Ghostscript, which has to convert the PDF input file into PCL (the language of the printer). It seems that for some PDF files Ghostscript does not manage to rotate the content by 90 degrees so that it fits onto the sheet. Please follow the instructions of the sections "CUPS error_log" on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingPrintingProblems. ** Package changed: cups-filters (Ubuntu) => ghostscript (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040037 Title: Libreoffice will no longer print landscape page Status in “ghostscript” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Since update yesterday, landscape pages print as portrait printing to a Brother DCP 135C. Print preview shows a landscape layout, but output from printer always comes out as a portrait page. The problem did not occur two days ago, and does not occur when printing from other applications (eg pdf viewer). WORKAROUND: Export the file as a pdf and print that using the pdf viewer. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: libreoffice (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-11.11-generic 3.5.2 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-11-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.4-0ubuntu8 Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Aug 22 13:08:56 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha i386 (20120730.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: libreoffice UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/+bug/1040037/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
