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Report Layout Orientation Issue – Direct Print vs Print After Preview

  • September 26, 2025
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SAMLK
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Hi experts,

We’re facing a strange issue with a custom report layout in IFS Cloud (created using IFS Report Designer).

  • The report is designed for portrait orientation with fixed width and height.

  • When we preview the report in IFS and then print from the preview screen, it comes out perfectly in portrait as expected.

  • But when we print the report directly (without preview), it is always printed in landscape.

We are using an Epson LQ-310 printer.

So far we have:

  • Verified that the report’s page size (width < height) is correctly set in Report Designer.

  • Checked and changed the printer settings 

Has anyone else experienced this mismatch between direct print vs preview print orientation? I saw several posts regarding the same issue.
Is there a recommended fix either in the layout properties or in the print agent configuration , to force IFS to always print in portrait mode?

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

Best answer by SAMLK

We managed to fix the issue by setting a fixed page height and width based on the printer’s settings we decided on. The main problem was with the dot matrix printer since those are usually a bit tricky to set up.

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SAMLK
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  • September 29, 2025

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SAMLK
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  • November 4, 2025

We managed to fix the issue by setting a fixed page height and width based on the printer’s settings we decided on. The main problem was with the dot matrix printer since those are usually a bit tricky to set up.