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I have an alpha version of a driver for dvi to HP Print Command Language
(PCL, Understood by HP LaserJets and othe HP printers) and want to
improve it with better \special support (HP-GL/2 and pbm graphics; it can
already handle PCL graphics via \special}.  Also I want te update it
to PCL5 for more efficiency.  The driver is quite fast as is (total
time for processing the .dvi file of a 100 page, fairly complicated
document is about 1.7 seconds on an HP 9000/730).   I call the driver
"dvi2pcl.

I seek collaboration with people interested in upgrading the "dvi2pcl"
to turbo version to make publically available.  Reportedly, between 60
and 70% of all printers out there understand PCL (about 3,000,000 HP
LaserJets sold to date!)  so I think there's a market for such a driver.
Many people use drivers that produce PostScript as output.  With
"dvi2pcl" no PostScript is necessare.  Text and graphics are produced
directly in PCL format.


Please e-mail.  Should there be many replies, I will take the liberty to
chose from them to create a small (3-5 people?) "dvi2pcl" development team.


Bo
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