[sf-lug] Unusual printer problem...

[Alex Kleider]

Curious to know exactly what is the problem.
is it
$ lp your_file
that doesn't work?

On my Debian system and Brother printer pages have been coming out in landscape rather than portrait mode when using lp (line printer)
but seems to work fine if I use the "file manager" to find the file, open it and then print from there.

Alex Kleider (set from my current gizmo)

PS I expect that my problem is printer configuration but haven't been able to figure out how to correct it.
$ lp --preferred-orientation=4 myfile.txt
results in the same as without the option
On Monday, July 14th, 2025 at 8:12 PM, Robert Johnson <emailbox6357 at gmail.com> wrote:

> As I endeavor to make Linux my daily driver, because I refuse to spend $30 or $40 a month or jury rig an OS fix of some sort, I've found an unusual problem with the current version (24.04) that I'm using. For the last year plus, I've been using Ubuntu 22.04 and it has worked out well. As everyone has probably heard by now Windows 10 is no longer supported (at least the one I own) as of about October I believe. The problem that I have run into is unlike 22.04, 24.04 won't print a simple typewritten page. I tried Gedit, the basic Text editor and Libre Office. I tried multiple downloads, multiple flash drives, multiple SSD's and multiple re-installs and the same thing kept happening. The printer test page would print out but nothing else. Which seems odd. I checked the Ubuntu posts and nothing seemed to connect to my issue. Also, I tried a different distro and it worked fine unlike Ubuntu. Hmm... ? Unfortunately, I didn't think of using a different distro until this afternoon after burning most of my weekend... It's a good thing that it's a fun hobby... Anyone else out there using 24.04 and running into the same issue?
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