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From: dhosek@frigga.claremont.edu (Hosek, Donald A.)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: emTeX versus sbTeX
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Date: 10 Sep 90 18:21:08 GMT
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In article <35374@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>, xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu (Xiaofei Wang) writes...
>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?

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

Something fairly important to remember is that any DVI driver can
be used with any version of TeX. Thus, to use emTeX, it isn't
necessary to use the emTeX drivers. The number of combinations
possible is startlingly high. (My own personal preference is to
not have drivers bundled in closely with the TeX implementation
since some of the better drivers are independent of versions of
TeX).

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