USFManus FAQ

1. I'm having a hard time getting my margins correct. Is there something wrong with the class file?
   
   Maybe, but probably not. LaTeX, even from version to version, generally produces the same device-independent output for a given input file. This is one of the advantages of using LaTeX over a WYSIWYG word-processing program, such as Word. What is likely happening is dvips or whatever program you are using to convert your dvi file to postscript is not set up correctly for your printer. Mark Vincent investigated this problem and provides some advice:

   Following the suggestion of: http://www.ufthesis.ece.ufl.edu/Files/fulldoc.pdf
   
   latex testpage.tex then enter:
   letterpaper
   single-sided
   
   
   dvips -o testpage.ps testpage.dvi
   
   margins should be 1 inch everywhere
   
   if not , then modify
   
   config.printer where printer is the actual printer name
   modify the line
   O 0pt,0pt. where 1pt = 1/72 inches, then retest as above.

   He goes on

   I solved the margins. The problem was the config.ps default paper size was A4 which I guess is close but not exactly 8.5 x 11.
   
   Instead of modifying that file I copied it to a new file for each printer, i.e. config.laserlab
   
   Then I nuked the first reference to the A4 size, which it would default to, then added:
   
   @ which nukes any papersize settings. This is followed by: @ letterSize 8.5in 11in
   
   This got me almost exact on my margins, to make perfect I modified the offset lines
   % Correct printer offset. You can use testpage.tex from the LaTeX
   % distribution to find these numbers.
   %%O 0pt,0pt
   O -2pt,0pt
   
   I got the ideas for this from: http://www.cs.olemiss.edu/software/doc/latex/dvips_toc.html#TOC3 ...
   
   also when I invoke dvips I use:
   dvips -P laserlab -o testpage.ps testpage.dvi
   
   where the -P laserlab references the config.laserlab file.