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In comp.text.tex, afoiani@nmsu.edu (Anthony "Tkil" Foiani) writes:

> I'm sure that above request is on a FAQ somewhere, but I couldn't find
> the FAQ for c.t.tex.
>
> If someone could give me a pointer to a good [pref USA] ftp site where
> I might be able to pick one up, I'd appreciate it.

     A lot of sites within HP use "dvi", a dvi-to-laserjet driver
written in C++.  Features:

o       fast
o       written in C++
o       supports LaserJetII, LaserJetIID, LaserJet2000, and LaserJet+
o       supports double-sided printing on LJs which can do double-sided
o       supports landscape printing for slides
o       handles big fonts, like, for instance, SliTeX dumps
o       supports JTeX - the Japanese version of TeX which heavily
        exercises the font capabilities of the LJs and of "dvi"
o       allows selecting particular pages and page ranges from the
        command line (OK - it ain't clean or friendly, but it works)
o       supports various \specials for dumping raw PCL files - it is also
        pretty easy to add new specials
o       completely demand driven - not even the font info much less the
        info for a particular character is downloaded unless that character
        is actually going to be printed on the paper
o       does NOT send a hard-reset escape-sequence, which allows one to
        wrap anything around this dvi's output that one wishes
o       has cool (well - entertaining anyway) -v verbose mode
o       actually has a man-page
o       the price is right

The ymir.claremont.edu archives has a copy somewhere.

     The only "strange" thing about it is that it requires laserjet
fonts to be placed in odd locations, and be named differently.

     -- Darryl Okahata
	Internet: darrylo%sr@relay.hp.com

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