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From: xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu (Xiaofei Wang)
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Subject: emTeX versus sbTeX
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Date: 10 Sep 90 01:41:48 GMT
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I just installed emTeX and it seems to me that emTeX print a .DVI file
directly on a HP LJ without creating an intermediate .JEP file like sbTeX
does. Is this right? If so, what are advantages and disadvantages?

I think the advantage may be it simplifies the procedure in printing a file.
But how does the comannd know the printer is on LPT1 or LPT2? and does this
have something to do with quality?

I think the good thing to have a .JEP file is one can do all the TeX work
without owning a HP LJ and at the final stage copy the .JEP to a floppy disk
and use some one else' PC with a HP LJ which does not have to have a TeX
installed to print the file. I do this all the time. The command I used is
``copy file.jep /b lpt1 or 2: return''.

If what I said in the first paragraph is true, then how can one without a
HP LJ to use emTeX?