wrong papersize name used for dvips

[Lars Gullik Bjønnes]

       -t papertype
              This sets the paper type to papertype.  The  paper­
              type  should be defined in one of the configuration
              files, along with the appropriate  code  to  select
              it.   (Currently known types include letter, legal,
              ledger, a4, a3, ) You can  also  specify  -t  land­
              scape,  which rotates a document by 90 degrees.  To
              rotate a document whose size is not letter, you can
              use  the  -t  option twice, once for the page size,
              and once for landscape.  The upper left  corner  of      

Calling dvips -t us -o 'crashit.ps' 'crashit.dvi'
This is dvips(k) 5.86 Copyright 1999 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com)
' TeX output 2000.09.07:2347' -> crashit.ps
dvips: no match for papersize            

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