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Article #817dvips 4.0
From: Tomas G. Rokicki
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1989 03:55
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1989 03:55
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ANNOUNCING RELEASE of dvips version 4.0, with the following features: - `Correct' memory budgeting; no longer have to break up long documents by hand - Bitmap font compression on output greatly reduces output file size, especially at typesetter resolution - Fast and compact page code reduces size of output file - Encapsulated PostScript graphics support - Non-encapsulated PostScript graphics support - PostScript font support, with correct use of ligatures and kerns and TeX character positions. - Brand new afm2tfm source provided - Automatic generation of missing fonts through METAFONT (or can be modified to convert gf->pk as needed) - Conformant PostScript output - Automatic spooling through lpr or other process - Support for multiple printers with different characteristics - Literal PostScript specials and macros - Generation of collated as well as uncollated copies - Reversal of pages on demand - Compact, modular source code for easy modifications - Freely redistributable - Easy installation - psfig and tpic support The most important new feature is the bitmap compression feature; you can now generate files for high-resolution typesetters using standard TeX bitmapped fonts without generating impossibly large output files. This code is available from labrea.stanford.edu in ~pub/dvips40.tar.Z.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!apple!agate!shelby!polya!Neon.Stanford.EDU!rokicki From: rokicki@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: dvips 4.0 Message-ID: <11801@polya.Stanford.EDU> Date: 15 Sep 89 03:55:09 GMT Sender: USENET News System <news@Polya.Stanford.EDU> Lines: 31