Question about HP Designjet Z3200ps 44in Photo PS3

Trying to get the printer to print my images (from Photoshop mainly) in landscape orientation as opposed to portrait, however, nothing I do seems to help. My goal is to avoid wasting paper by printing with the longest dimension being the leading dimension...
Any ideas?
Thanks.
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On my Designjet 650 there is an option in the driver for "Autorotate" which automatically rotates the orientation to save paper.
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