Updated March 2011
PAPERSIZE = <size>
where <size> can be any of the following standard size names, listed here alphabetically:
|
10X11 |
A6 |
ENV_C3 |
JENV_KAKU3 |
PENV_10_ROTATED |
|
10X14 |
A6_ROTATED |
ENV_C4 |
JENV_KAKU3_ROTATED |
PENV_2 |
|
11X17 |
B_PLUS |
ENV_C5 |
JENV_YOU4 |
PENV_2_ROTATED |
|
12X11 |
B4 |
ENV_C65 |
JENV_YOU4_ROTATED |
PENV_3 |
|
15X11 |
B4_JIS_ROATED |
ENV_DL |
LEDGER |
PENV_3_ROTATED |
|
9X11 |
B5 |
ENV_INVITE |
LEGAL |
PENV_4 |
|
A_PLUS |
B5_EXTRA |
ENV_ITALY |
LEGAL |
PENV_4_ROTATED |
|
A2 |
B5_JIS_ROTATED |
ENV_MONARCH |
LEGAL_EXTRA |
PENV_5 |
|
A3 |
B5_TRANSVERSE |
ENV_PERSONAL |
LETTER |
PENV_5_ROTATED |
|
A3_EXTRA |
B6_JIS |
ESHEET |
LETTER_EXTRA |
PENV_6 |
|
A3_EXTRA_TRANSVERSE |
B6_JIS_ROTATED |
EXECUTIVE |
see Won't Fit 4 |
PENV_6_ROTATED |
|
A3_ROTATED |
CSHEET |
FANFOLD_LGL_GERMAN |
LETTER_PLUS |
PENV_7 |
|
A3_TRANVERSE |
see Won't Fit 1 |
FANFOLD_STD_GERMAN |
LETTER_ROTATED |
PENV_7_ROTATED |
|
A4 |
see Won't Fit 2 |
FANFOLD_US |
LETTER_TRANVERSE |
PENV_8 |
|
A4_EXTRA |
DSHEET |
FOLIO |
NOTE |
PENV_8_ROTATED |
|
A4_PLUS |
ENV_10 |
ISO_B4 |
P16K |
PENV_9 |
|
A4_ROTATED |
ENV_11 |
JAPANESE_POSTCARD |
P16K_ROTATED |
PENV_9_ROTATED |
|
A4_TRANSVERSE |
ENV_12 |
see Won't Fit 3 |
P32K |
QUARTO |
|
A4SMALL |
ENV_14 |
JENV_CHOU3 |
P32K_ROTATED |
RESERVED_48 |
|
A5 |
ENV_9 |
JENV_CHOU4 |
P32KBIG |
RESERVED_49 |
|
A5_EXTRA |
ENV_B4 |
JENV_CHOU4_ROTATED |
PENV_1 |
STATEMENT |
|
A5_ROTATED |
ENV_B5 |
JENV_KAKU2 |
PENV_1_ROTATED |
TABLOID |
|
A5_TRANSVERSE |
ENV_B6 |
JENV_KAKU2_ROTATED |
PENV_10 |
TABLOID_EXTRA |
"Won't Fit" notes in table: 1 = DBL_JAPANESE_POSTCARD; 2 = DBL_JAPANESE_POSTCARD_ROTATED; 3 = JAPANESE_POSTCARD_ROTATED; 4 = LETTER_EXTRA_TRANSVERSE
If that list is too limiting, you can also specify the numeric code corresponding to the paper size. You can retrieve the list of supported paper sizes in symbolic and numeric format by printing with the LP trace turned on. See the Tracing note, below. Also see Custom Paper Sizes.
PAPERSIZE acts as a kind of alternative to the BIN command, in that A-Shell passes the request to the printer with the hopes that the printer will select the bin which contains the requested size. Most printers claim to support this capability, although the degree of support is questionable, and it may require that you first activate the feature through the printer's control panel or properties dialog. Similarly, it is almost always necessary for you to inform the printer of the size of paper you have in each bin (although perhaps there are some higher-end printers which have bins containing sensors to auto- detect the size.
As with the BIN command, the printer may indicate "support" for more bins (and more paper sizes) than are actually "available", and A-Shell doesn't do much enforcement.
So the main effect of specifying PAPERSIZE in the printer init file is to force A-Shell to use that paper size to base any size-dependent calculations affecting the format or spacing of the output (as will APEX).
PAPERSIZE is one of the printer init file commands that has a GDI Printing Directive Equivalent.