Excel Print Orientation Problems

[MarkVMcCullagh]

I was asked by a co-worker to try to print an Excel worksheet in landscape rather than portrait as he was having bother getting it to do so. I tried and could not either. The file is an old file created on an older PC. We have been printing this correctly each month. However what changed was our boss decided to request upgrade from Windows 2000 to XP and so we had our PCs replaced. We were and still are using Excel 2003. We are printing to a networked Ricoh Aficio printer.

At first I wondered if Fit to Page and Page breaks were somehow causing the problem but it seems not to be the case.

I traced the problem to the orientation under File > Page setup > Page
changing but this is not reflected in the orientation within
Start > Settings > Printers and Faxes > {select printer} > {select printer preferences}

If I change the orientation through Windows I can get the correct print.

I never had this problem previously. Am I unaware of something I should be doing in Excel that can sort out orientation or is it possibly a printer driver issue?

 

[BrianB]

As far as I can see this is normal behaviour.
Excel print settings override the default settings for the printer.

 

[MarkVMcCullagh]

BrianB thanks for the reply.

To correct you, Excel is unfortunately not over-riding the printer settings in this case but is rather subservient to the external settings.

To get a correct print I have to go into Windows to adjust the print setting.