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26.1; ps-paper-type does not change page size

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Nick Helm <nick <at> tenpoint.co.nz>
Cc: 41613 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Marvin Gülker <post+ebugs <at> guelker.eu>
Subject: bug#41613: 26.1; ps-paper-type does not change page size
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2020 12:54:52 +0200

Nick Helm <nick <at> tenpoint.co.nz> writes:

> Confusingly, ps-paper-type does seem to behave as you describe. But if 
> that's the case, how to actually set the page size of postscript output? 
> (and for clarity, by page size, I'm referring to the dimensions of the 
> white rectangle that sits behind the printed text, the digital analogue 
> of the bleached tree carcass that runs through the machine in the corner 
> of the office).

To the best of my knowledge (which isn't very good in this area), Emacs
doesn't have a way of actually controlling that.  (Please somebody
correct me if that's wrong).  The support for printing from Emacs is
unfortunately somewhat weak.

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