Cannot print to HP Printer in landscape

I have an HP Photosmart B110a configured via cups and hplip. Everything seems to work well - until I try and print in landscape.  It always prints in portrait mode - regardless of what settings I change.  I have tried printing using 3 different pieces of software - including the hp-toolbox that comes with hplip.
How can I get my printer to let me print in landscape?

phunni wrote:I have tried printing using 3 different pieces of software - including the hp-toolbox that comes with hplip.
I don't know about hp-toolbox, but if the other apps happen to be LibreOffice, then it could be the "Printer Language type" setting in File => Printer Settings => Properties => Device. Having it set to PDF can cause what you described. I (and some others here) had to change that to PostScript to print documents in landscape orientation.

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