3.2.1 Paper Sizes

By default, when the postscript terminal produces printable, i.e. not encapsulated, output, the paper size for this output is read from your system locale settings. It may be changed, however, with the set papersize command, which may be followed either by the name of a recognised paper size, or by the dimensions of a user-defined size, specified as a height, width pair, both being measured in millimetres. For example:

set papersize a4
set papersize 100,100

A list of recognised paper size names is given in Figure 3.1.

Name

$h$/mm

$w$/mm

Name

$h$/mm

$w$/mm

2a0

1681

1189

medium

584

457

4a0

2378

1681

monarch

267

184

a0

1189

840

post

489

394

a1

840

594

quad_demy

1143

889

a10

37

26

quarto

254

203

a2

594

420

royal

635

508

a3

420

297

statement

216

140

a4

297

210

swedish_d0

1542

1090

a5

210

148

swedish_d1

1090

771

a6

148

105

swedish_d10

48

34

a7

105

74

swedish_d2

771

545

a8

74

52

swedish_d3

545

385

a9

52

37

swedish_d4

385

272

b0

1414

999

swedish_d5

272

192

b1

999

707

swedish_d6

192

136

b10

44

31

swedish_d7

136

96

b2

707

499

swedish_d8

96

68

b3

499

353

swedish_d9

68

48

b4

353

249

swedish_e0

1241

878

b5

249

176

swedish_e1

878

620

b6

176

124

swedish_e10

38

27

b7

124

88

swedish_e2

620

439

b8

88

62

swedish_e3

439

310

b9

62

44

swedish_e4

310

219

c0

1296

917

swedish_e5

219

155

c1

917

648

swedish_e6

155

109

c10

40

28

swedish_e7

109

77

c2

648

458

swedish_e8

77

54

c3

458

324

swedish_e9

54

38

c4

324

229

swedish_f0

1476

1044

c5

229

162

swedish_f1

1044

738

c6

162

114

swedish_f10

46

32

c7

114

81

swedish_f2

738

522

c8

81

57

swedish_f3

522

369

c9

57

40

swedish_f4

369

261

crown

508

381

swedish_f5

261

184

demy

572

445

swedish_f6

184

130

double_demy

889

597

swedish_f7

130

92

elephant

711

584

swedish_f8

92

65

envelope_dl

110

220

swedish_f9

65

46

executive

267

184

swedish_g0

1354

957

foolscap

330

203

swedish_g1

957

677

government_letter

267

203

swedish_g10

42

29

international_businesscard

85

53

swedish_g2

677

478

japanese_b0

1435

1015

swedish_g3

478

338

japanese_b1

1015

717

swedish_g4

338

239

japanese_b10

44

31

swedish_g5

239

169

japanese_b2

717

507

swedish_g6

169

119

japanese_b3

507

358

swedish_g7

119

84

japanese_b4

358

253

swedish_g8

84

59

japanese_b5

253

179

swedish_g9

59

42

japanese_b6

179

126

swedish_h0

1610

1138

japanese_b7

126

89

swedish_h1

1138

805

japanese_b8

89

63

swedish_h10

50

35

japanese_b9

63

44

swedish_h2

805

569

japanese_kiku4

306

227

swedish_h3

569

402

japanese_kiku5

227

151

swedish_h4

402

284

japanese_shiroku4

379

264

swedish_h5

284

201

japanese_shiroku5

262

189

swedish_h6

201

142

japanese_shiroku6

188

127

swedish_h7

142

100

large_post

533

419

swedish_h8

100

71

ledger

432

279

swedish_h9

71

50

legal

356

216

tabloid

432

279

letter

279

216

us_businesscard

89

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Figure 3.1: A list of all of the named paper sizes recognised by the set papersize command, with their heights, $h$, and widths, $w$, measured in millimetres.