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From: sdl@lyra.mitre.org (Steven D. Litvinchouk)
Subject: Re: TeX Printing
In-Reply-To: sl242003@silver.ucs.indiana.edu's message of 25 Mar 91 15:12:06 GMT
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Date: 25 Mar 91 11:53:32


In article <1991Mar25.151206.16800@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> sl242003@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Jon Paul Baker) writes:

> How does one print out a TeX file once it has been converted to dvi
> format? I have commontex, tex3.1, and a couple of others.  I am using
> an ALPS Allegro 500.  (LQ2500 compatible.)  I can convert and view the
> TeX files but have problems printing and the manuals are notoriously
> unhelpful.  Currently I get the errors Such and such font not found.
> Is there a difference between the fonts/ fonts and the fonts used in
> printing?  Any help would be appreciated.

I have PasTeX myself.  If your version of TeX is similar, then you
need to have either the "gf" (bitmapped) fonts, or the "pk" (bitmapped
and compressed) fonts for printing.  Since your printer is 24-pin you
will need "pk" fonts in resolutions of 360 dpi or more.  I find that
DVIPrint looks for even much greater resolutions (600+ dpi!);
apparently it then scales them.  So I would suggest recording which
fonts DVIPrint and ShowDVI say are "not found"; and then getting those
"pk" fonts in the right resolutions.  (ShowDVI needs different
resolutions than DVIPrint, because it is trying to display the output
in various magnifications.)  You can try ftp'ing the bitmapped fonts
from labrea.stanford.edu; or making your own with MetaFont.


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