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Article #1440Re: dvi files and printer drivers
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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 1990 17:50
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 1990 17:50
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In article <7457@latcs1.oz.au> suter@latcs1.oz.au (David Suter) writes:
>I have tried to print dvi files produced by PCtex (on a PC) by kermit'ing
>the files on to a mainframe which has a laser printer attached. All I get
>is virtually blank pages with a few lines (straight lines - not text)
>every now and then.
[stuff deleted]
>I suspect
>the answer has something to do with a deficiency in the printer driver
>causing it to fail to interpret properly the dvi file produced by the PCtex
>program. Can anyone enlighten me further on the possible causes and
>remedies.
>(p.s. the files are not being corrupted in transfer from one machine to the
>other)
>d.s.
The problem is almost definitely with the file transfer process. DVI is DVI is
DVI is DVI. An uncorrupted DVI file will be interpretable by any DVI driver
and produce more-or-less identical results (assuming of course that no funky things like \special's or device fonts
are used).
Some important questions that need answers:
* What system are you uploading to and with what Kermit options?
* What driver is causing the problem on the upload system?
-dh
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