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From: uri@arnor.uucp
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Subject: Re: QUESTION: What is 'dvi' format?
Keywords: DVI, dvips, LaserWriter
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Date: 29 Oct 90 15:57:12 GMT
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|>    I have a paper in 'dvi' format. How can it be converted to
|>    Postscript format (or *roff) for my Laserwriter?
|> 
|> It is the DeVice Independant format produced by the TeX typesetting program.
|> It can be converted to PostScript by using dvialw or dvips. 

"dvips" which IMHO is the most convenient (and worked better than others
for me) can be FTP'ed from 'labrea.stanford.edu' - look for 'dvi538.tar.Z'
or something like that.
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Regards,
Uri Blumenthal			uri@ibm.com,angmar!uri
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