Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!att!bellcore!ALEX.wif.ctt.bellcore.com!pc From: pc@ctt.ctt.bellcore.com Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: sending latex-generated dvi files through a fax modem Message-ID: <1991Apr5.154150.24808@bellcore.bellcore.com> Date: 5 Apr 91 15:41:50 GMT References: <70822@brunix.UUCP> Sender: usenet@bellcore.bellcore.com (Poster of News) Reply-To: Organization: Bellcore - Wierd Ideas Factory Lines: 14 In article <70822@brunix.UUCP> shr@cs.brown.edu (Seth H. Rosenzweig) writes: > I have a Hayes-compatable modem with a built-in Send FAX, and I wish > to be able to FAX a LaTeX-generated dvi file from my PC. Generally, > documents FAXed directly from a computer are much clearer, since they > avoid the degradation of the scanner. > Does anyone know of a way by which I can convert a dvi file to some > other usable format like TIFF, QFX, pbm, fbm, etc? there are quite a few FAX boards now that accept postscript, so your problem reduced to finding one of these and converting DVI to PS files. Peter Clitherow, Bellcore, pc@bellcore.com 444 Hoes Lane, Room 1H-213, Piscataway, NJ 08854-4182 (908) 699-3322