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From: goathunter@WKUVX1.BITNET ("Hunter Goatley, WKU")
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: RE: HP LaserJet Drivers
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Date: 8 Mar 91 13:07:26 GMT
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>I have been looking for a dvi driver for the HP LaserJet.  I found one that
>is supposed to work with the LaserJet or IBM3812.  When I try to use, it my
>system just sits there and does nothing.  In DesqView, I have to reboot the
>window when in straight DOS, I have to reboot the machine.
>
>I have a 386 running DOS 4.01 with 4M of memory.  The last time the history
>file for the dvi2lj was updated was: 30 Oct 89.  The author is: Gustaf
>Neumann.  It does seem to be for the PC.  Could someone help me with either
>another LaserJet driver or a newer version of this one?
>
>Thanks,
>  Darren
>
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I strongly recommend emTeX for
the PC, which includes just about everything you'd want (except a DVI to
PostScript program, but Tom Rokicki's DVIPS is emTeX-aware).  It includes
DVIHPLJ, DVIDOT (for most any dot-matrix printer in graphics mode), and
DVISCR, the best previewer I've seen on a PC.  The emTeX DVI drivers can
also include .PCX and .MSP graphics files (including DVISCR, so you can now
preview with your graphics).
 
emTeX is available via anonymous ftp from ymir.claremont.edu and from
msdos.archive.umich.edu (used to be terminator.cc.umich.edu, and it has
all the necessary font libraries).
 
Tom Rokicki's DVIPS is available via anonymous ftp from neon.stanford.edu.
 
If you don't have access to anonymous ftp, let me know and we'll see what
arrangements we can make for me to get this stuff to you (emTeX is quite
huge---6 HD 3 1/4" floppies---so I can't send it over Bitnet; if you can't
ftp it, you can get it from the latest DECUS TeX collection or you can send
me floppies or something---get in touch with me privately and we'll figure
something out).
 
Hunter Goatley, WKU, goathunter@wkuvx1.bitnet, 502-745-5251