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