Setting printer orientation?

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From: Andrew Folkins
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1991 07:57

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Hi folks.  Here's the deal.  I want to generate some output, with some
pages printed in portrait orientation and some in landscape.  Is there a 
simple way to do this?
 
It would appear that the answer is the printer escape
GETSETPAPERORIENT (that might be PAGE, it's _not_ PRINT).  MicroSoft 
very kindly documented it in the SDK, but neglected to include a
#define in "windows.h".  I know they say 'try not to use this', but
does anyone out there know the proper value of the #define?
 
The 'correct' method is supposedly to use ExtDeviceMode, but I get
the impression that I'll have to re-create the printer device 
context every time I want to change the paper orientation (so that
the device context reflects the current physical page size and layout).
I would rather not have to start a new document every time I switch
page orientation.

Andrew Folkins             ersys!andrew@nro.cs.athabascau.ca
Edmonton Remote Systems:  Serving Northern Alberta since 1982

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From: ersys!andrew@nro.cs.athabascau.ca (Andrew Folkins)
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Subject: Setting printer orientation?
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Date: 30 Apr 91 07:57:34 GMT
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