How to print man pages on letter size paper

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• Subject: How to print man pages on letter size paper
• From: Jonathan Ryshpan <jonrysh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 09:43:45 -0800
• Organization: Berkeley Linux Team
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When I print a man page by using
        man -t foo | lpr
it comes out formatted for A4 size paper.  How can I force 
the output to be for letter size (8-1/2 by 11 in) paper?

This doesn't look as easy as it ought to be.

jon

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