1. NiceLabel Help Center
  2. Knowledge Base
  3. How To

Setting label orientation in drivers

Problem

You want to apply orientation setting from your driver, but your printer ignores the orientation setting even if you selected Use printer properties saved in Printer Drivers option.

peinter_driver_optioon1.png

Your printers always use the orientation settings from your Label Properties.

label_properties.png

Solution

To apply orientation setting from your driver:

  1. Open the location %PROGRAMDATA%\NiceLabel\NiceLabel NiceLabel 10.

    14_product_config.png

  2. With text or XML editor open the file product.config.

  3. In <Common> tag add the following attributes:

    <Common>
   <PrintService>
     <DisablePrintRotationWhenDefaultPrinterSettingsAreUsed>True</DisablePrintRotationWhenDefaultPrinterSettingsAreUsed>
  </PrintService>
</Common>

  4. In Label Properties, select the option Use printer properties saved in Printer Drivers

    peinter_driver_optioon1.png

  5. Repeat the procedure on all NiceLabel clients where you want to use the orientation setting from the driver.

This solution only works for rotation of 0° or 180°. If you want to use 90° or 270°, you need to create a new label.