okular doesn't print landscape pdfs properly unless i force portrait printing

[Ian]

although kde claims that this bug has been fixed (http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=181290), i see the following problem:

1. open a PDF of a single landscape-oriented page
2. print the document
3. (the document is printed in portrait, with the right half of the page cut off)
4. go to file->print, then hit the "properties" button
5. notice that the radio button for landscape orientation is selected
6. select portrait orientation
7. print the document
8. (the document prints correctly)
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Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: okular 4:4.5.5-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-30.60-generic 2.6.35.13
Tags: maverick
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-30-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare vboxusers

[Ian (ifreecarve)]

apport information

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[dmiranda (dmiranda)]

I have a similar problem. This happens with some pdfs in okular and evince. The same pdfs are printed correctly witha acroread.

[Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko)]

Could this one be a duplicate of bug #504201, which is now fixed? dmiranda, which version of Ubuntu do you use?

[Rhys (rimmington)]

I can confirm this bug still exists on 11.04 (Okular version 0.12.5, KDE Development Platform 4.6.5). I don't know about later versions of Ubuntu.

[Timur Tabi (timur-tabi)]

I've attached a document that prints in portrait even when I tell it to print in landscape. This document is 8.5x5.5 inches. In order for me to print it in landscape, I need to go into the Printer Properties and tell it to print in portrait.

This is with KUbuntu 20.04 (Okular 1.10.0), so it's still broken even after 8+ years.