Paper size

Paper size refers to the width and the height of the piece of paper, at which some document is supposed to be printed.

In Latex, the paper size can be determines with commands \paperwidth and \paperheight Each of these commands should be followed by a number that specifies the corresponding size the the special units, points. The Latex package "geometry" should be used before these commands.

Standard sizes
The table of the standard sizes is suggested by Paul Bourke in the PostScript Tutorial :

Size name      Dimension (in points) --  --- Comm#10 Envelo  297 x 684 C5 Envelope    461 x 648 DL Envelope    312 x 624 Folio          595 x 935 Executive      522 x 756 Letter         612 x 792 Legal          612 x 1008 Ledger         1224 x 792 Tabloid        792 x 1224 A0             2384 x 3370 A1             1684 x 2384 A2             1191 x 1684 A3             842 x 1191 A4             595 x 842 A5             420 x 595 A6             297 x 420 A7             210 x 297 A8             148 x 210 A9             105 x 148 B0             2920 x 4127 B1             2064 x 2920 B2             1460 x 2064 B3             1032 x 1460 B4             729 x 1032 B5             516 x 729 B6             363 x 516 B7             258 x 363 B8             181 x 258 B9             127 x 181 B10            91 x 127

Keywords
Latex, PostScript, EPS, Poster