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From: hessmann@unipas.fmi.uni-passau.de (Georg Hessmann)
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Subject: Re: Help with PasTeX, new printers...
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Date: 17 Jun 91 14:03:06 GMT
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In article <3404@geocub.UUCP> berger@geocub.greco-prog.fr (Olivier Berger) writes:
>
>Hi every TeX gurus.
>
>first of all could anybody tell me how to use the DVIprint program
>from the PasTeX 1.2a distribution.
>Here is the problem: each time a do dviprint -i file.dvi
>it answers it hasn't any memory left for printing (How much memory do
>we need ?) or that iffBase == NULL ! (I use the iff.libary found on
>ab20 these days.. v 18.x I think.) Which version of the library can it
>use and have you anybody any idea of why it won't continue. Note that
>there were 300 K left when the error occured ...

For iff-print DVIprint tries to allocate the bitmap of the whole page
in one pice. E.g. at 300x300dpi is this about 1MB.

IFFBase == NULL that's a bug :-( So in the current version is it not
possible to create the iff-file.
Please wait for the next version..

>second thing: Wouldn't be possible to write a dviprint program that
>would be printer-independant, and with the quality of GPrint (by
>example).
>I know it wouldn't be easy but it would be great to use ...

The next version will have this feature. DVIprint now can print
via the preference-drivers, too.

Please wait two ot three weeks for version 1.3.

>Thanx in advance

	Georg.


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