PSTricks figure turned 90 degrees

Question

Consider the following example:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{pstricks-add}

\def\RPut(#1)#2{%
  \rput[r]{90}(!#1 1980 sub 2 div 0){#2 \quad}
  \rput[l]{90}(!#1 1980 sub 2 div 0){\quad #1}
}

\begin{document}

\psset{unit=0.78}
\begin{pspicture}(-0.1,-2.9)(14.7,1.3)
  \psaxes[
    labels = none,
    Dx = 2,
    dx = 1,
    Ox = 1980,
    yAxis = false
  ]{->}(15,0)
  \RPut(1980){Lake Placid}
  \RPut(1984){Sarajevo}
  \RPut(2006){Torino}
\end{pspicture}

\end{document}

If I compile using xelatex everything is fine but if I compile using latex --> dvips --> ps2pdf the figure is rotated 90 degrees clockwise.

How do I compile using latex --> dvips --> ps2pdf but without getting the rotation?

Answer 1

I think it is related to the already known problem "auto rotation" done by ps2pdf. Therefore you need to pass -dAutoRotatePages=/None key-value to ps2pdf. If you are using Windows, use # instead of = because = has a special meaning for batch files in Windows.

MWE

The following is the minimal working example to mimic your problem. Make sure you set showgrid=false to let auto rotation work.

\documentclass[pstricks,border=12pt]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{pspicture}[showgrid=false](4,2)
    \rput{90}(2,1){Marienplatz}
\end{pspicture}
\end{document}

Without -dAutoRotatePages=/None (for non-Windows) or without -dAutoRotatePages#/None (for Windows), you will get the following output.

With -dAutoRotatePages=/None (for non-Windows) or with -dAutoRotatePages#/None (for Windows), you will get the following output.

More about Windows

In my experience, both -dAutoRotatePages=/None and -dAutoRotatePages#/None work on Windows. Let me know if you get different thing as I am using Windows 7. Probably it does not work on older Windows.