Please note the discussion in this thread: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+question/6846

I'm living in Germany but I'm using the en_US.UTF-8 locale.  The standard paper size here is A4 and 

grep "DefaultPageSize" /etc/cups/ppd/*.ppd

  /etc/cups/ppd/DESKJET_970C.ppd:*DefaultPageSize: A4
  /etc/cups/ppd/PDF.ppd:*DefaultPageSize: A4

Nevertheless, evince doesn't respect this and defaults to "US Letter" every time I open a document.  Changing this in "print setup" doesn't persist over two evince sessions.

The solution proposed in the aforementioned thread is to set LC_PAPER to "en_GB.UTF-8".  However, the average user will not be able to guess this solution.

Two things should be addressed:

1.  Choosing a better default value.  If all printers are configured to use A4 as the default paper size, evince shouldn't default to a value derived from LC_PAPER.
2.  If the user changes the paper size in the print setup, save this setting for the next time.  Maybe add a checkbox "make default" or something similar.

(In reply to comment #1)
> I'm living in Germany but I'm using the en_US.UTF-8 locale.  The standard paper
> size here is A4 and 

Similar situation for me: I'm in France, and use the en_US.UTF-8 locale.

It's fixed in svn trunk now. 

*** Bug 479874 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Created attachment 135427 [details] [review]
Patch for fix for 2.22 version of evince.

I'm attaching a version of this fix for Evince 2.22 since it might be of use for some distros not using the latest evince. 

It would be good to get this applied to the 2.22 branch too, if possible...