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<h3 class="section" id="Paper-Format-1">2.5 Paper Format</h3>
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<p>In <code class="code">groff</code>, the page dimensions for the formatter GNU <code class="code">troff</code>
and for output devices are handled separately. See <a class="xref" href="Page-Layout.html">Page Layout</a>, for
vertical manipulation of the page size, and See <a class="xref" href="Line-Layout.html">Line Layout</a>, for
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The <samp class="file">papersize</samp> macro package, normally loaded by <samp class="file">troffrc</samp> at
startup, provides an interface for configuring page dimensions by
convenient names, like ‘<samp class="samp">letter</samp>’ or ‘<samp class="samp">a4</samp>’; see
<cite class="cite">groff_tmac<span class="r">(5)</span></cite>. The default used by the formatter depends on
its build configuration, but is usually one of the foregoing, as
geographically appropriate.
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<p>It is up to each macro package to respect the page dimensions configured
in this way.
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<p>For each output device, the size of the output medium can be set in its
<samp class="file">DESC</samp> file. Most output drivers also recognize a command-line
option <samp class="option">-p</samp> to override the default dimensions and an option
<samp class="option">-l</samp> to use landscape orientation. See <a class="xref" href="DESC-File-Format.html"><samp class="file">DESC</samp> File Format</a>, for
a description of the <code class="code">papersize</code> keyword, which takes an argument
of the same form as <samp class="option">-p</samp>. The output driver’s man page, such as
<cite class="cite">grops<span class="r">(1)</span></cite>, may also be helpful.
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<p><code class="code">groff</code> uses the command-line option <samp class="option">-P</samp> to pass options to
postprocessors; for example, use the following for PostScript output on
A4 paper in landscape orientation.
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<div class="group"><pre class="example-preformatted">groff -Tps -dpaper=a4l -P-pa4 -P-l -ms foo.ms > foo.ps
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