# paper

With no arguments (tlmgr paper), shows the default paper size setting for all known programs. With one argument (e.g., tlmgr paper a4), sets the default for all known programs to that paper size. With a program given as the first argument and no paper size specified (e.g., tlmgr dvips paper), shows the default paper size for that program. With a program given as the first argument and a paper size as the last argument (e.g., tlmgr dvips paper a4), set the default for that program to that paper size. With a program given as the first argument and --list given as the last argument (e.g., tlmgr dvips paper --list), shows all valid paper sizes for that program. The first size shown is the default. Incidentally, this syntax of having a specific program name before the paper keyword may seem strange. It is inherited from the longstanding texconfig script, which supports other configuration settings for some programs, notably dvips.tlmgr does not support those extra settings at present.