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How change default page orientation from landscape back to portrait?

Any suggestion on how to truly change the default page orientation from landscape back to portrait, for printing (e.g., in Mail, Safari, TurboTax, etc.)?

I unintentionally changed some setting (not sure how) a while back, that caused my default page orientation (e.g., in the expanded Print dialog box) to shift to landscape (instead of portrait, the default orientation prior to my unintended setting change).

I've tried to fix by (re)creating Presets (in the Print dialog box) -- changing the orientation to portrait, and "saving" the preset(s). But when I open the Presets later, the supposedly saved portrait orientation has not been saved. The orientation still is landscape.

I don't have this problem when printing a PDF file or a Word file. FYI - I use an HP Officejet 6210 AIO; and as I recall, I'm using the same HP device driver(s) software now that I was using prior to the page orientation shift.

iMac G5, Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Aug 13, 2008 6:51 PM

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Posted on Aug 14, 2008 9:52 AM

cyclistdave wrote:
Any suggestion on how to truly change the default page orientation from landscape back to portrait, for printing (e.g., in Mail, Safari, TurboTax, etc.)?


Use an application that has Page Setup, such as TextEdit. Set the orientation to Portrait, then chose "Save As Default" in the Settings menu. That should reset it. For future reference, the page format default is stored in /<home>/Library/Preferences/com.apple.print.PrintingPrefs.plist. Deleting this file will also revert the orientation.
I've tried to fix by (re)creating Presets (in the Print dialog box) -- changing the orientation to portrait, and "saving" the preset(s). But when I open the Presets later, the supposedly saved portrait orientation has not been saved. The orientation still is landscape.


The page setup features aren't saved as part of the presets, and this is a bug.
Hope this helps.
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Aug 14, 2008 9:52 AM in response to cyclistdave

cyclistdave wrote:
Any suggestion on how to truly change the default page orientation from landscape back to portrait, for printing (e.g., in Mail, Safari, TurboTax, etc.)?


Use an application that has Page Setup, such as TextEdit. Set the orientation to Portrait, then chose "Save As Default" in the Settings menu. That should reset it. For future reference, the page format default is stored in /<home>/Library/Preferences/com.apple.print.PrintingPrefs.plist. Deleting this file will also revert the orientation.
I've tried to fix by (re)creating Presets (in the Print dialog box) -- changing the orientation to portrait, and "saving" the preset(s). But when I open the Presets later, the supposedly saved portrait orientation has not been saved. The orientation still is landscape.


The page setup features aren't saved as part of the presets, and this is a bug.
Hope this helps.

How change default page orientation from landscape back to portrait?

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