what printer, driver, and os? did you call any methods to verify the values being passed are supported ?
-Phil. > On Aug 17, 2020, at 9:01 PM, Tobias Oelgarte <tobias.oelga...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I just experimented with the JavaFX printing API and I'm confused about the > results. > > If I request to print in landscape format the resulting page is still in > portrait mode, but rotated by 90 degrees and with mirrored borders/margins. > Is this intentional or should I file a bug report? > > Simplified Example: > > Printer printer = Printer.getDefaultPrinter(); > PageLayout layout = printer.createPageLayout(Paper.A4, > PageOrientation.LANDSCAPE, 80, 20, 10, 40); > PrinterJob job = PrinterJob.createPrinterJob(printer); > job.getJobSettings().setPageLayout(layout); > boolean success = job.printPage(someNode); > if (success) { > job.endJob(); > } > > What i would expect would be an A4 page in landscape orientation, with a top > border (long side) of 10, a bottom border of 40, a left border of 80 and a > right border of 20. The content/node will not be rotated. > > But what i get is the following. The paper size is A4 as requested. The > orientation is portrait (not as requested). The top border (long side) is 40, > the bottom border is 10, the left border is 20, the right border is 80. The > content/node is rotated by 90 degrees to the left. > > My guess is that the orientation is partially ignored, resulting in the > confusing margins. > > -- > Tobias Oelgarte > Mail: tobias.oelga...@gmail.com