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From: peterb@dsiramd.nz (Peter Burgess)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: LaserWriters and TeX
Message-ID: <158@dsiramd.nz>
Date: Wed, 15-Jul-87 20:08:29 EDT
Article-I.D.: dsiramd.158
Posted: Wed Jul 15 20:08:29 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jul-87 20:51:26 EDT
References: <407@rocky.STANFORD.EDU>
Reply-To: peterb@dsiramd.UUCP (Peter Burgess)
Organization: DSIR Applied Mathematics Division, Wellington, New Zealand
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In article <407@rocky.STANFORD.EDU> rokicki@rocky.STANFORD.EDU (Tomas Rokicki) writes:
>
>The Washington distribution tape includes the dvi2ps program.  I am
>using this opportunity to announce my development of a replacement for
>dvi2ps, called dvips, available from anonymous ftp from rocky.stanford.edu
>as ~rokicki/dvips.shar.Z.  This program generates much smaller files than
>dvi2ps and runs correspondingly faster.  At the moment it does not support
>any specials or graphics inclusion; help on this would be appreciated.
>

There is already a driver around called dvips.  It is sold by Arbortext Inc.
and is a very good driver which supports specials, graphics inclusion and use
of LaserWriter fonts as well as downloaded TeX ones.

I think it will cause confusion if Tom calls his driver dvips as well.  There
is already some confusion between dvi2ps and dvips as it is.

Peter Burgess,
Applied Mathematics Division,
New Zealand Govt. Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research.

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