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From: dhosek@euler.claremont.edu (Don Hosek)
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Subject: Re: dvi to hp laserjet III
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Date: 21 Feb 91 04:04:34 GMT
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In article <1991Feb20.051417.1417@engin.umich.edu>, rcj@caen.engin.umich.edu (R o d Johnson) writes:
> In article <12022@pt.cs.cmu.edu> anupindi@isl1.ri.cmu.edu (Ravi Anupindi) writes:
>>I would like to print Latex/TeX dvi files on a HP Laserjet III
 
> Speaking of which, is there any software that makes use of the
> pixel-size thingamajiggery of the HP LJ III to print TeX output?  You
> know, that stuff that increases the effective resolutiion by twiddling
> the pixel sizes?  Seems like such a thing would be (a) a great boon
> and (b) a real bitch to implement in Metafont.  Is there any effort
> being expended in this direction?

Any HP LJ driver will do for the LJ3. I use Eberhard Mattes'
dvihplj (available from ymir.claremont.edu in
[anonymous.tex.ibm_pc.drivers.emtex]dvidrv*.zip).

The Pixel size-twiddling is automatic. In fact, there's no user
interaction with it at all (except that there is a button you can
press to turn it off. I've never heard of anyone pushing it
though). The difference in appearance appears mostly with large
fonts and slanted faces. It might be possible to sacrifice a few
birds to the gods of typefounding and get a better mode_def for
the LJ3, but I'm too lazy to bother with it right now.

-dh

(incidentally, complete lists of TeX drivers are available from
ymir in the directory [anonymous.tex.drivers.info])

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