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Postscript/PCL - Questions using EmTeX

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From: Mark Choi
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1992 03:54
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Hi. I have some questions regarding the use of postscript and pcl with
the EmTeX package and some other miscellaneous questions concerning the
use of EmTeX (TeX and LaTeX).

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Postscript/PCL FONT questions:
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1. Does the "dvips" driver imbed into the .dvi file the equivalent postscript
   fonts for each .tfm? (.afm converted to .tfm for TeX) Or, does the "dvips"
   driver just call up each font from the postscript printer's memory?

2. When I am executing the "dvihplj" driver to generate a ".pcl" file from a
   ".dvi" file, must I tell the "dvihplj" driver what ".pk" fonts are needed
   and where they would be on the command line?

3. What must I do to redirect TeX's attention to a different directory where
   the ".tfm" font metrics are located?

	a. This is assuming I know what TeX's configuration file name is,
	   which, of course, I don't. =). 

4. What is the difference between the "prthplj" and "dvihplj" drivers?
   
	a. Do they not both convert .dvi files to .pcl?
	
	b. I noticed the "prthplj" driver looks for fonts in font libraries,
	   or ".fli" files. I recognize .pk fonts make up .fli files, but
	   I do not understand how to tell the "dvihplj" driver (that needs
	   the ".pk" fonts) where the fonts are, in a ".fli" file or a ".pk"
 	   file? Will the dvi driver go around looking in all files for the
	   ".pk" font it needs for the ".tfm" font metrics?

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Miscellaneous Questions:
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1) What PCL version does the "dvihplj" driver convert to?

2) How do I reconfigure configuration files for TeX and the dvidrivers?
   The path definitions seem very cryptic and hard for a person like me to 
   understand. (I'm not a computer scientist or electrical engineer =)


Thank you, I am probably bound to ask more questions in the future =).

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