

The document or web page you are printing has large images or tables of data that would be cut off on the bottom if printed in Landscape mode. Try changing the printer's orientation to Landscape mode through the Control Panel if you have not done so already. If you set Landscape mode in a program, the printer settings in Device Manager may be overriding the orientation for printing. Printer settings overriding program settings Below are some of the more common reasons. If your printer still prints in Portrait mode even after setting it to Landscape mode, there are multiple possible reasons for the issue. In other words, if you change the printer to Landscape mode, all programs default to print in Landscape mode instead of Portrait mode. If you change the mode through printer settings, the printer uses the mode you choose as the default mode. Change the option to Landscape to set the printer to Landscape mode as a default.In the menu that appears, select Printing Preferences and find the option for Orientation in the preferences window.Find your printer in the Devices and Printers window and right-click the icon with your mouse.Open the Control Panel and then the Devices and Printers option.Access the printer settings by following the steps below. You can also change between Landscape and Portrait mode in the printer settings. If you do not see a Page Setup option in any of the program's menus, access the program's print option and look for the Page Setup or orientation option. Look in the program's file menu or settings menu for a Page Setup option. In the Page Setup window, click the Landscape option. Once changed, you can view the print preview to confirm if Landscape mode is used.Ĭlick File in the menu bar, and select Page Setup (if you do not see the menu bar, press the Alt key to make it visible). Open the Page Setup or Preferences option after clicking Print and change the page layout to Landscape. Microsoft Office 2003 and earlier programs, Internet browsers In the Page Setup section, click the Orientation option and select Landscape. In the Ribbon menu bar, click the Layout or Page Layout tab. In programs like Microsoft Word, Excel, Internet Explorer, notepad, or other programs you can print from, the page orientation can be changed in the Page Setup section of the program.

Printer will not print in Landscape mode.
