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From: rokicki@rocky.STANFORD.EDU (Tomas Rokicki)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: LaserWriters and TeX
Message-ID: <407@rocky.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: Fri, 10-Jul-87 17:35:12 EDT
Article-I.D.: rocky.407
Posted: Fri Jul 10 17:35:12 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 12:46:34 EDT
Organization: Stanford University Computer Science Department
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% Please let me know where and how I can get any working version of dvi2ps.
% I have Tex for our VAX/VMS, and an Apple LaserWriter, and would love to
% put them together.

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.

% I read something about Tex's computer modern fonts not being the same as the
% LaserWriter's fonts, and having to describe the LW fonts to Tex.

This is true.  Smart PostScript driving programs allow the use of
LaserWriter fonts from TeX; mine currently does not but will soon.
Normally, though, you do want to download the TeX fonts.

% *  Is anyone who has already done the hard work willing to share?
% *  Any other helpful hints getting VMS Tex and the LaserWriter functioning?

If you talk to Kellerman and Smith (who distribute a VMS TeX tape), you
might find that their latest tape includes a VMS LaserWriter driver.

-tom