[Tex/LaTex] Using ACM style produces wrong page size

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I'm using the ACM "Tighter Alternate style" to write a document. The submission instructions state that I have to create a PDF in US letter format but unfortunately, my PDF is A4. How can I change this to US letter?

I have tried the geometry package (\usepackage[letterpaper]{geometry}), but this produces 6 instead of 4 pages and I can read everywhere, that there are only slight differences between both sizes… Additionally, I looked into the config.ps as described here, but proposed lines to change exist both in my config.ps.

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It is an officially (I asked ACM support) accepted way to do this

\pdfpagewidth=8.5in
\pdfpageheight=11in

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% --- Author Metadata here ---
\permission{Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of
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\newfont{\myconfname}{ptmri8t at 7pt}
\let\crnotice\mycrnotice%
\let\confname\myconfname%

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