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From: NEUMANN@awiwuw11.wu-wien.ac.at (Gustaf Neumann)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: multi.ps and dvi3ps
Message-ID: <90239.231853NEUMANN@awiwuw11.wu-wien.ac.at>
Date: 27 Aug 90 21:58:54 GMT
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Organization: Wirtschaftsuniversitaet Wien, Vienna, Austria
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> But for me it doesn't work together with the output of dvi3ps (i.e.
> dvi2ps version 3.1).
> ...


The shell-script below should clarify the order in which the files
should be concatenated:
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#!/bin/sh
# call multi either with a commandline argument (the postscriptfile), or
# use it in a pipe.
#
# typical usage:    dvips -f somedvifile | multi | lpr
#
# description of available layout options is in $MULTI
#
# gustaf neumann, 2.Aug. 1990
MULTI=/usr/local/lib/tex/ps/multi.ps

(cat $MULTI; echo "true 1 2 false multi"; cat $1; echo "endmulti" )
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As you see from the comment i use dvips (5.31), which has virtual
font support and is capable to use Postscript fonts. When dvifiles with
cmr fonts are sent through multi the output is rather bad (bitmap
scaling). When you use in your **TeX documents postscript fonts (such
as helveticva) instead and you apply multi the output is really neat.

Up to my experience multi works with about any postscriptfile (also
troff output). I am pretty sure it works with dvi2ps as well.

-gustaf
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