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From: hessmann@hal.fmi.uni-passau.de (Georg Hessmann)
Subject: Re: DVI TO ??? (was Re: PasTeX driver)
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In article <1991Jun18.232145.18900@unislc.uucp> dave@unislc.uucp (Dave Martin) writes:
[...]
>
>B. (for Amiga people) Why isn't there a DVI to PREFS converter?
>   Isn't the purpose of prefs printer drivers to HIDE specific printers
>   from programs?  A program can open printer.device and ask about its
>   resolution capabilites and generate an appropriate bitmap for THE
>   PRINTER DRIVER to convert appropriately.  POST seems to do it this way
>   why can't anyone else?

My next version will have this feature.
But, the output via preference driver is *very* slow.


>   Thanks in Advance for any help I might get.

	Georg.

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