---
name: "psresize"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "psutils"
version: "3.3.17-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/psresize"
---

# psresize(1)

## NAME

psresize

## SYNOPSIS

**psresize** \[OPTION...\] \[INFILE \[OUTFILE\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

**psresize** uses **psnup** to change the page size of a document, scaling and centering it appropriately. See [**psutils**(1)](/psutils/1.md) for the available units. Change the page size of a PDF or PostScript document.

- **INFILE**

  \`-' or no INFILE argument means standard input

- **OUTFILE**

  \`-' or no OUTFILE argument means standard output

## OPTIONS

- **-p** *PAPER*, **--paper** *PAPER*

  output paper name or dimensions (WIDTHxHEIGHT)

- **-P** *INPAPER*, **--inpaper** *INPAPER*

  input paper name or dimensions (WIDTHxHEIGHT)

- **-v**, **--version**

  show program's version number and exit

- **-q**, **--quiet**

  don't show progress

## COMMENTS

PAGES is a comma-separated list of pages and page ranges; see [pstops(1)](/pstops/1.md) for more details.

## EXAMPLES

The following command converts a document from A4 size to US Letter paper:

psresize -PA4 -pletter in.pdf out.pdf

## AUTHOR

```
Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
```