Printing always defaults landscape in Safari only

Only in Safari, printing always defaults to landscape. My printer is Brother HL-4070CDW series CUPS. It will print portrait, but I have to tell it every time. And selecting a preset that is set up for Portrait does not change the orientation - I have to click the radio button for Portrait mode.
Other applications defaut to portrait.
Anyone else had this problem?

Open a Finder window. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
Type or copy paste the following:
~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Cache.db
Click Go then move the Cache.db file to the Trash.
Now type of copy paste the following:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.print.PrintingPrefs.plist
Click Go then move the com.appl.print.PrintingPrefs.plist file to the Trash.
Restart your Mac. Turn off your printer then turn it back on.
Launch Safari and try printing ...
In the Safari print window, make sure Default Settings is selected from the presets pop up menu.
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