I must be stupid and/or crazy... I figured out the solution a few minutes after I asked :-/
> Is it possible to create a pdf output file with an (as nearly as > possible) exact size? Yes: pdf("a4.pdf", width=210, height=297, bg="white", paper="a4") par(mar=c(0,0,0,0)) # reset margins plot(0, xlim=c(0, 210), ylim=c(0, 297), col="white") par(usr=c(0, 210, 0, 297)) points(c(100, 100, 200, 200, 100), c(100, 200, 200, 100, 100, 100), type="l", col="black") dev.off() Alberto Monteiro ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.