Printing RDLC When Width Greater Than Height in MVC 4

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I am writing an application that creates checks on 8.5 x 7" tractor feed paper. I am developing the app on vs2012 and it is an mvc 4 app with users printing checks on their client side printers. I am rendering the report output to PDF.

The problem that I am having is that when I render the checks, they print in landscape because width > height. So after reading many posts, I have tried the work around which is to create a square report page of 8.5 x 8.5" and not use the bottom 1.5". When I render this, it prints in portrait mode, but instead of getting the required 8.5 x 7 layout, I am getting a 8.5 x 8.5.

To be more specific about my report layout - here are more details:
Report page size = 8.5 x 8.5
Interactive page size = 8.5 x 8.5
Page margins: .25 top, bottom, right, left
Body size: 8 x 6.5
All report items fit within the body.


Can someone please tell me how to do this?

Thanks

Here is my controller code:

[HttpGet]
       public ActionResult TestReport()
       {
           Ui_ProcessRoyaltyChecks ui = new Ui_ProcessRoyaltyChecks();
           return View(ui);
       }

       [HttpPost]
       public ActionResult TestReport(Ui_ProcessRoyaltyChecks ui)
       {
           string id = ui.SelectedReportFormat;

           var unprintedOwnerChecks = (from upc in context.OilGasCheckRegistries
                                       join or in context.GasRoyalties on upc.PaymentId equals or.PaymentId
                                       join p in context.Payees on upc.OwnerNum equals p.VendorNum
                                       orderby upc.CheckNum ascending
                                       select new
                                       {
                                           upc.PaymentId,
                                           upc.PaidDate,
                                           or.Yyyy,
                                           or.Mm,
                                           upc.AmtPaid,
                                           upc.OwnerName,
                                           upc.OwnerNum,
                                           upc.CheckNum,
                                           upc.CheckWords,
                                           or.IncomeTax,
                                           or.AmountOwed,
                                           p.Address,
                                           p.AddressContd,
                                           p.City,
                                           p.State,
                                           p.Zip
                                       }).AsEnumerable();

           LocalReport lr = new LocalReport();

           // string path = Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("~/Reports"), "GasRoyaltyChecksReport.rdlc");
           string path = Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("~/Reports"), "TestReport.rdlc");
           if (System.IO.File.Exists(path))
           {
               lr.ReportPath = path;
           }
           else
           {
               return View(ui);
           }


           if (unprintedOwnerChecks == null)
           {
               return View(ui);
           }


           ReportDataSource datasource = new ReportDataSource("DataSet_GasRoyaltyChecks", unprintedOwnerChecks);
           lr.DataSources.Clear();
           lr.DataSources.Add(datasource);

           string reportType = id;
           string mimeType;
           string encoding;
           string fileNameExtension;
           //The DeviceInfo settings should be changed based on the reportType
           //http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms155397.aspx
           string deviceInfo =
           "<DeviceInfo>" +
           "  <OutputFormat>" + id + "</OutputFormat>" +
           "  <Orientation>Portrait</Orientation>" +
           "  <PageWidth>8.5in</PageWidth>" +
           "  <PageHeight>8.5in</PageHeight>" +
           "  <MarginTop>0.25in</MarginTop>" +
           "  <MarginLeft>0.25in</MarginLeft>" +
           "  <MarginRight>0.25in</MarginRight>" +
           "  <MarginBottom>0.25in</MarginBottom>" +
           "</DeviceInfo>";

           Warning[] warnings;
           string[] streams;
           byte[] renderedBytes;

           //Render the report
           renderedBytes = lr.Render(
               reportType,
               deviceInfo,
               out mimeType,
               out encoding,
               out fileNameExtension,
               out streams,
               out warnings);

           return File(renderedBytes, mimeType);
       }