Richard said,

 > Paper length is set by .pl command.  Troff has no concept of paper
 > width; you adjust line length and page offset using .ll and .po
 > respectively.  If you're using -ms macros which give a line length of
 > 6 inches, try prefixing your input with

 >   .pl 29.7c
 >   .po 2.88c

 > and your text should be centred on an A4 page.

This is true, but be aware that if you're using -ms,
some of these parameters are shadowed by number
registers in the macro package, and tend to
get reset.  In particular, there is a PO and also
a LL number register.  There doesn't seem to
be a PL for .pl shadow, however.

        Dennis

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