Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpl-opus!hpnmdla!darrylo From: darrylo@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Darryl Okahata) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: Re: Need dvi2hp filter Message-ID: <9340002@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com> Date: 4 Jun 91 18:31:08 GMT References: Organization: HP Network Measurements Div, Santa Rosa, CA Lines: 43 In comp.text.tex, afoiani@nmsu.edu (Anthony "Tkil" Foiani) writes: > I'm sure that above request is on a FAQ somewhere, but I couldn't find > the FAQ for c.t.tex. > > If someone could give me a pointer to a good [pref USA] ftp site where > I might be able to pick one up, I'd appreciate it. A lot of sites within HP use "dvi", a dvi-to-laserjet driver written in C++. Features: o fast o written in C++ o supports LaserJetII, LaserJetIID, LaserJet2000, and LaserJet+ o supports double-sided printing on LJs which can do double-sided o supports landscape printing for slides o handles big fonts, like, for instance, SliTeX dumps o supports JTeX - the Japanese version of TeX which heavily exercises the font capabilities of the LJs and of "dvi" o allows selecting particular pages and page ranges from the command line (OK - it ain't clean or friendly, but it works) o supports various \specials for dumping raw PCL files - it is also pretty easy to add new specials o completely demand driven - not even the font info much less the info for a particular character is downloaded unless that character is actually going to be printed on the paper o does NOT send a hard-reset escape-sequence, which allows one to wrap anything around this dvi's output that one wishes o has cool (well - entertaining anyway) -v verbose mode o actually has a man-page o the price is right The ymir.claremont.edu archives has a copy somewhere. The only "strange" thing about it is that it requires laserjet fonts to be placed in odd locations, and be named differently. -- Darryl Okahata Internet: darrylo%sr@relay.hp.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion or policy of Hewlett-Packard or of the little green men that have been following him all day.