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From: Mark Carroll <mtbc@bcs.org>
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Subject: Re: Change paper size
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 13:30:12 +0100
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Bogus@Embarq.com (Steve) writes:
(snip)
> I went to the Hewlett Packard site
> and got the Printer Job Language documents and succeeded in
> changing the print area to legal from letter size.  I am wondering
> what would be required for another brand of printer?  Looking at
> the PostScript Language Reference Manual did not show an easy
> way to do it at first glance.  There was mention of changing
> entries in a dictionary, but that looked complex.
(snip)

At the PostScript level I use,

/in { 72 mul } def

/width 8.5 in def
/height 14 in def

<< /PageSize [ width height ] >> setpagedevice

Of course, if your PostScript is being processed by something, it never
hurts to make sure the generated DSC comments match: look for any lines
starting %% with "PaperSize" somewhere in them.

-- Mark