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dvips: Paper size and landscape

 
 4 Paper size and landscape orientation
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 Most TeX documents at a particular site are designed to use the local
 standard paper size (letter size in the United States, A4 elsewhere).
 The Dvips program can be customized either sitewide or for a particular
 printer.
 
    On the other hand, plenty of documents are designed for other paper
 sizes.  For instance, you may want to design a document that has the
 long edge of the paper horizontal.  This can be useful when typesetting
 booklets, brochures, complex tables, or many other documents.  This type
 of paper orientation is called "landscape" orientation (the default
 orientation is called "portrait").  Alternatively, a document might be
 designed for ledger or A3 paper.
 
    Since the intended paper size in these cases is a document design
 decision, not a printing decision, such information should be given in
 the TeX file and not on the Dvips command line.  For this reason, Dvips
 supports a 'papersize' special.  It is hoped that this special will
 become standard over time for TeX previewers and other printer drivers.
 
    Some LaTeX packages, e.g., 'hyperref.sty', write a 'papersize'
 special into the DVI file.  In this case, you need not and should not
 attempt to override it manually.
 

Menu

 
· 'papersize' special           Specifying the paper size in TeX.
· Config file paper sizes     Specifying printer- and site-specific sizes.
· Paper trays                 Changing paper trays automatically.
 

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