# man > paperconf(1)

[_PAPERCONF_(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/PAPERCONF/1/markdown)                           General Commands Manual                          [_PAPERCONF_(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/PAPERCONF/1/markdown)

## NAME
       **paperconf **- print paper configuration information

## SYNOPSIS
       **paperconf **[ [ **-p **] _paper_ | **-d **| **-a **] [ **-z **] [ **-n **| **-N **] [ **-s **| **-w **| **-h **] [ **-c **| **-m **| **-i **]

## DESCRIPTION
       **paperconf  **prints  information  about a given paper.  The information that can be obtained is
       the name of the paper, its size and its width or height.  When called without arguments,  **pa‐**
       **perconf  **prints the name of the system- or user-specified paper, obtained by looking in order
       at the **PAPERSIZE **environment variable, at the contents of the file specified by the **PAPERCONF**
       environment variable, at the contents of **/etc/papersize **or by using  **letter  **as  a  fall-back
       value  if none of the other alternatives are successful.  By default, width and height of the
       paper are printed in PostScript points.

## OPTIONS
### -p _
              Specify the name of the _paper_ about which information is asked.

### -d     

### -a     

### -z     
              exit with a non-zero code.

### -n     

### -N     

### -s     

### -w     

### -h     

### -c     

### -m     

### -i     


## ENVIRONMENT
       **PAPERSIZE           **Paper size to use regardless of what the papersize file contains.

       **PAPERCONF           **Full path to a file containing the paper size to use.

## FILES
       **/etc/papersize      **Contains the name of the system-wide default paper size to be used if the
                           **PAPERSIZE **and **PAPERCONF **variables are not set.

## AUTHOR
       Yves Arrouye <<arrouye@debian.org>>

## SEE ALSO
       [**papersize**(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/papersize/5/markdown)


                                            24 April 2001                               [_PAPERCONF_(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/PAPERCONF/1/markdown)