Re: printing TeX output on Sun laserwriter

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From: Michael Ewan
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1991 20:22

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In article <1991May28.165638@spruce.gsfc.nasa.gov> karl@spruce.gsfc.nasa.gov (karl anderson) writes:
>It seems that Transcript doesn't actually support printing
>dvi files :-(.  Does anybody have a working version of psdf, or
>other filter I can use for dvi files?  TIA.

Try dvips.  It usually resides on whatever server(s) have the TeX
sources/utilities.  It will convert directly from dvi to ps.  The
only problem I've found is the PS it generates won't print on some
older printers like old Apple LaserWriter or QMS.

Mike

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