(dvips.info)Paper size and landscape

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4 Paper size and landscape orientation
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Most TeX documents at a particular site are designed to use the local
standard paper size (letter size in the United States, A4 elsewhere).
The Dvips program can be customized either sitewide or for a particular
printer.

   On the other hand, plenty of documents are designed for other paper
sizes.  For instance, you may want to design a document that has the
long edge of the paper horizontal.  This can be useful when typesetting
booklets, brochures, complex tables, or many other documents.  This type
of paper orientation is called "landscape" orientation (the default
orientation is called "portrait").  Alternatively, a document might be
designed for ledger or A3 paper.

   Since the intended paper size in these cases is a document design
decision, not a printing decision, such information should be given in
the TeX file and not on the Dvips command line.  For this reason, Dvips
supports a 'papersize' special.  It is hoped that this special will
become standard over time for TeX previewers and other printer drivers.

   Some LaTeX packages, e.g., 'hyperref.sty', write a 'papersize'
special into the DVI file.  In this case, you need not and should not
attempt to override it manually.

papersize special

Specifying the paper size in TeX.

Config file paper sizes

Specifying printer- and site-specific sizes.

Paper trays

Changing paper trays automatically.