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`papersize' special
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  The format of the `papersize' special is

     \special{papersize=WIDTH,HEIGHT}

WIDTH is the horizontal size of the page, and HEIGHT is the vertical
size.  The dimensions supported are the same as for TeX; namely, in
(inches), cm (centimeters), mm (millimeters), pt (points), sp (scaled
points), bp (big points, the same as the default PostScript unit), pc
(picas), dd (didot points), and cc (ciceros).

  For a US letter size landscape document, the `papersize' would be:
     \special{papersize=11in,8.5in}

An alternate specification of `landscape':
     \special{landscape}

This is supported for backward compatibility, but it is hoped that
reventually the `papersize' comment will dominate.

  Of course, such a `\special' only informs Dvips of the desired paper
size; you must also adjust `\hsize' and `\vsize' in your TeX document
typeset to those dimensions.

  The `papersize' special must occur somewhere on the first page of the
document.