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From: wright@med.wcc.govt.nz
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Rotate.sty for HP laserjet series ii
Message-ID: <1991Mar7.153651.4100@med.wcc.govt.nz>
Date: 7 Mar 91 04:05:39 GMT
Organization: Wellington City Council, Wellington, New Zealand
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I have recieved this reply to a note I posted on our system. 

It seems to work ok but the quality is not very good.
 
If someone can correct the "bug" please let us know.



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    >1. Is there something similar for HP Laserjet Series II printers?
    >   Either inputing an angle or for Landscape format.

    To print in landscape use the /L option on dvi2hp.  This has to come
    after the file name and be separated by a space.  Because you are now
    passing a parameter including a space to dvi2hp, the whole lot has to be
    enclosed in quotes ("), eg:

    File: "FOO /L"__________________________

    This will do the rotation but you will have to do your own \setlengths
    to change the \textwidth, \textheight, etc.  This is what I have used
    in one landscape document:

    \documentstyle{article}
    \setlength{\evensidemargin}{0in}
    \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{0in}
    \setlength{\textwidth}{9.5in}
    \setlength{\textheight}{6in}
    \setlength{\topmargin}{-1in}

    \begin{document}
    ...

    The only problem with this is that due to a bug in dvi2hp that I have
    never been able to correct, you get thin white lines running up your
    characters.