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From: pjt@yin.cpac.washington.edu (Larry Setlow)
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Subject: Re: DVI to postscript converters...
Summary: Funny you should ask . . . (repost from comp.text)
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Date: 15 Sep 89 06:10:52 GMT
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In-reply-to: BILLW@MATHOM.CISCO.COM's message of 12 Sep 89 23:12:00 GMT

In article <12525755870010@MATHOM.CISCO.COM> BILLW@MATHOM.CISCO.COM (William Westfield) writes:

   Is there a newer version of a DVI to Postscript converter out there
   anywhere?  The version I have seen was originally by Mark Senn, and
   modified by several other people.  In addition to being somewhat limited,
   it is pretty painfully slow.

From: rokicki@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: dvips 4.0
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Date: 15 Sep 89 03:55:09 GMT
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ANNOUNCING RELEASE of dvips version 4.0, with the following features:

	- `Correct' memory budgeting; no longer have to break up
		long documents by hand
	- Bitmap font compression on output greatly reduces output
		file size, especially at typesetter resolution
	- Fast and compact page code reduces size of output file
	- Encapsulated PostScript graphics support
	- Non-encapsulated PostScript graphics support
	- PostScript font support, with correct use of ligatures
		and kerns and TeX character positions.
	- Brand new afm2tfm source provided
	- Automatic generation of missing fonts through METAFONT
		(or can be modified to convert gf->pk as needed)
	- Conformant PostScript output
	- Automatic spooling through lpr or other process
	- Support for multiple printers with different characteristics
	- Literal PostScript specials and macros
	- Generation of collated as well as uncollated copies
	- Reversal of pages on demand
	- Compact, modular source code for easy modifications
	- Freely redistributable
	- Easy installation
	- psfig and tpic support

The most important new feature is the bitmap compression feature; you
can now generate files for high-resolution typesetters using standard
TeX bitmapped fonts without generating impossibly large output files.

This code is available from labrea.stanford.edu in ~pub/dvips40.tar.Z.