I believe that the definitions for portrait and landscape orientation for Tabloid/Ledger paper are flipped. In the following MWE using Hans' clue to using \scaling directive, I am having to specify landscape in order for the page to be set in portrait. This observation is confirmed when I retrieve the document properties using evince under Bodhi Linux and under Ubuntu 12.04 (<ALT><ENTER> brings up the document properties). With this MWE, the properties under both systems is shown as "Tabloid, Portrait (11.00 x 17.00 inches)" Have I got this right? MWE: \setuppapersize[tabloid,landscape][tabloid,landscape] \setuplayout[ backspace=0.5in, width=10in, topspace=1.0in, header=0in, footer=0in, height=16.5in] \setuppagenumbering[location=,state=stop] \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[schola] \setupbodyfont[rm,16pt] \setupinterlinespace[line=2.8ex] \starttext %\showlayout[in,pt] \setupMPinstance [metafun] [extensions=yes, initializations=yes] \startuseMPgraphic{Example} u:=1cm; pickup pencircle scaled 1pt; draw (5u,0u) {dir 90}..(0u,5u) {dir 180}; draw (0u,5u) .. (-1.5u,10.5u) {dir 90} .. (0u,16u); draw (0u,16u) {dir 0} .. (5u,21u) {dir 90}; draw (5u,21u) -- (39u,21u); draw (39u,21u) {dir 270} .. (42u,18u) {dir 0}; draw (42u,18u) .. (43.5u,10.5u) {dir 270} .. (42u,3u); draw (42u,3u) {dir 180} .. (39u,0u) {dir 270}; draw (39u,0u) -- (35u,0u); draw (35u,0u) .. (22u,3u) {dir 180} .. (9u,0u); draw (9u,0u) -- (5u,0u); label(btex A POOL etex, (22u,10.5u)); \stopuseMPgraphic \startalignment[middle] \definedfont[Serif at 16pt]\setupinterlinespace {\tfb\sc An Example Plumbing Schematic} \blank[big] {\tfb \tt [DRAFT---To Be Verified]} \blank[2*big] \stopalignment \scale[width=10in]{\useMPgraphic{Example}} \stoptext -- ---- Pavneet Arora m: 647.406.6843 Waroc Informatik t: 416.937.9276