(dvips.info)Paper size and landscape

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4 Paper size and landscape orientation
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Most TeX documents at a particular site are designed to use the
standard paper size (letter size in the United States, A4 in Europe).
The Dvips program can be customized either sitewide or for a particular
printer.

  But many 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
"portrait").  Alternatively, a document might be designed for ledger or
A3 paper.

  Since the intended paper size 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.

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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