[Ham-Computers] RE: Photo Printing Issue

[Hsu, Aaron]

Ahhhhh, the dreaded rotation.  Just for future reference...

Most printer control panels use two terms to describe the "layout" -
"portrait" and "landscape".  Often, there's a graphical icon representing
the layout (tall vs wide).  What are these two layouts?

A page that's printed so it's orientation (top up) makes the page vertically
taller than it is wide is a "portrait" layout - named after typical "head
shot" portrait photos.

A page that's printed so it's orientation (top up) is horizontally wider
than it is tall is a "landscape" layout - as used when printing pictures of
landscapes.

So Duane, in the future, you can now confirm with your sighted friends
whether you should print the photo in "portrait" or "landscape" mode.  In
your last example, you scanned the photo in "portrait", but were told to
print it in "landscape".  Next time, follow your instinct and just print
portrait in portrait (or landscape in landscape).

Glad you were able to figure it out!

73,

  - Aaron, NN6O


-----Original Message-----
From: Duane Fischer, W8DBF [mailto:dfischer@usol.com]
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 6:30 PM
To: ham-computers@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Ham-Computers] Re Photo Printing Issue

	
I solved the problem, but did not post the answer here on purpose. Why?
Because
I am totally blind and sighted friends gave me incorrect information. I did
not
want to seem unappreciative. 	
	
Here is how it works. The photo was printed horizontal, but scanned
vertically.
The scanner does not care. If you view the photo on the CRT it is 90 degrees
off, either left or right, depending on how you scanned it. Hence sighted
people
rotate the image 90 degrees. Not a problem. However, they told me to rotate
that
image when I printed it, and that was dead wrong!	
	
The more I thought about it, the more I thought this was incorrect. So I did
it
with no rotation and got a perfect 8X10 printed horizontally as it should
have
been. 	
	
People look at a picture and describe it as vertical because the paper is
vertical, that is, more high than wide. Yet the actual image is printed
horizontal, more wide than high. So it is all in the proper term for the
orientation! 		
	
How many times have you told somebody it was on the left, but it was
actually on
their right? You forgot your orientation in regard to theirs. When they face
you, your left is their right. 	
	
Thanks to Aaron for his excellent post with much great and helpful
information
we can all profit from. Now sighted dudes, learn your left from your right
before you kill the rest of us off!	
	
Duane W8DBF	



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