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A summary of the dvips options:
-a* Conserve memory, not time -y # Multiply by dvi magnification
-b # Page copies, for posters e.g. -z* Generate HyperPostScript
-c # Uncollated copies -A Print only odd (TeX) pages
-d # Debugging -B Print only even (TeX) pages
-e # Maxdrift value -C # Collated copies
-f* Run as filter -D # Resolution
-h f Add header file -E* Try to create EPSF
-i* Separate file per section -F* Send control-D at end
-j* Download fonts partially -K* Pull comments from inclusions
-k* Print crop marks -M* Don't make fonts
-l # Last page -N* No structured comments
-m* Manual feed -O c Set/change paper offset
-n # Maximum number of pages -P s Load config.$s
-o f Output file -R Run securely
-p # First page -S # Max section size in pages
-pp l Select list of pages -T c Specify desired page size
-q* Run quietly -U* Disable string param trick
-r* Reverse order of pages -V* Send downloadable PS fonts as PK
-s* Enclose output in save/restore -X # Horizontal resolution
-t s Paper format -Y # Vertical resolution
-x # Override dvi magnification -Z* Compress bitmap fonts
# = number f = file s = string * = suffix, `0' to turn off
c = comma-separated dimension pair (eg. 3.2in,-32.1cm)
l = comma-separated list of pages and ranges (eg. 3,5-10,13)
More details:
-a
Conserve memory by making three passes over the .dvi file
instead of two and only loading those characters actually used.
Generally only useful on machines with a very limited amount of memory.
-A
Print only odd pages (TeX pages, not sequence pages).
-b num
Generate num copies of each page, but duplicating the page body rather
than using the c or C options. This can be useful in conjunction with a
header file setting bop-hook to do color separations or other neat tricks.
-B
Print only even pages (TeX pages, not sequence pages).
-c num
Generate num copies of every page. Default is 1. (For collated copies,
see the -C option below.)
-C num
Create num copies, but collated (by replicating the data in the PostScript
file). Slower than -c, but easier on the hands, and faster than sending
the same PostScript file multiple times.
-d num
Set the debug flags. This is intended only for emergencies or for unusual
fact-finding expeditions. To track a certain class of debug messages,
simply provide the appropriate number given below; if you wish to track
multiple classes, sum the numbers of the classes you wish to track.
Use a value of -1 for maximum output. The classes are:
1 specials
2 paths
4 fonts
8 pages
16 headers
32 font compression
64 files
128 memory
-D num
Set the resolution in dpi (dots per inch) to num.
This affects the choice of bitmap fonts that are loaded and also the
positioning of letters in resident PostScript fonts. Must be between 10
and 10000. This affects both the horizontal and vertical resolution.
If a high resolution (something greater than 400 dpi, say) is selected,
the -Z flag should probably also be used.
-e num
Make sure that each character is placed at most this many pixels from its
`true' resolution-independent position on the page. The default value of this
parameter is resolution dependent. Allowing individual characters to `drift'
from their correctly rounded positions by a few pixels, while regaining the
true position at the beginning of each new word, improves the spacing of
letters in words.
-E
Makes dvips attempt to generate an EPSF file with a tight bounding box.
This only works on one-page files, and it only looks at marks made
by characters and rules, not by any included graphics. In addition, it
gets the glyph metrics from the tfm file, so characters that lie outside
their enclosing tfm box may confuse it. In addition, the bounding box might
be a bit too loose if the character glyph has significant left or right side
bearings. Nonetheless, this option works well for creating small EPSF files
for equations or tables or the like. (Note, of course, that dvips output is
resolution dependent and thus does not make very good EPSF files, especially
if the images are to be scaled; use these EPSF files with a great deal of
care.)
-f
Running as a filter makes no sense on the Mac, so this option is not
supported by OzTeX.
-F
Causes Control-D (ASCII code 4) to be appended as the very last character
of the PostScript file. NOTE! DO NOT USE THIS OPTION!
-h name
Prepend given file as an additional header file. (However, if the name is
simply `-' suppress all header files from the output.) This header file
gets added to the PostScript userdict.
-i
Make each section be a separate file. Under certain circumstances, dvips
will split the document up into `sections' to be processed independently;
this is most often done for memory reasons. Using this option tells dvips
to place each section into a separate file; the new file names are created
replacing the suffix of the supplied output file name by a three-digit
sequence number. This option is most often used in conjunction with
the -S option which sets the maximum section length in pages.
For instance, some phototypesetters cannot print more than ten or so
consecutive pages before running out of steam; these options can be used
to automatically split a book into ten-page sections, each to its own file.
-j
Type 1 PostScript fonts are partially downloaded. If such fonts are used
in the .dvi file then the size of the .ps file will be reduced.
This option is off by default.
-k
Print crop marks. This option increases the paper size (which should be
specified, either with a paper size special or with the -T option) by a
half inch in each dimension. It translates each page by a quarter inch
and draws cross-style crop marks. It is mostly useful with typesetters
that can set the page size automatically.
-K
This option causes comments in included PostScript graphics, font files,
and headers to be removed. This is sometimes necessary to get around bugs
in spoolers or PostScript post-processing programs. Specifically, the
%%Page comments, when left in, often cause difficulties.
Use of this flag can cause some included graphics to fail, since the
PostScript header macros from some software packages read portions of
the input stream line by line, searching for a particular comment.
-l num
The last page printed will be the first one numbered num.
Default is the last page in the document. If num is prefixed by an equals
sign, then it (and any argument to the -p option) is treated as a sequence
number, rather than a value to compare with count0 values.
Thus, using -l=9 will end with the ninth page of the document,
no matter what the pages are actually numbered.
-m
Specify manual feed for printer.
-M
Turns off the automatic font making facility. If any fonts are missing,
commands to generate the fonts are appended to the file missfont.make;
this file can be given to MakeTeXPK in OzMF to create the missing fonts.
For compatibility with OzTeX, -M is the default action.
-n num
At most num pages will be printed. Default is 100000.
-N
Turns off structured comments; this might be necessary on some systems
that try to interpret PostScript comments in weird ways, or on some
PostScript printers. Old versions of TranScript in particular cannot
handle modern Encapsulated PostScript.
-o name
The output will be sent to the given file.
If no file name is given, the default name is file.ps where the .dvi file
was called file.dvi.
-O offset
Move the origin by a certain amount. The offset is a comma-separated pair
of dimensions, such as .1in,-.3cm. The origin of the page is shifted from
the default position (of one inch down, one inch to the right from the upper
left corner of the paper) by this amount.
-p num
The first page printed will be the first one numbered num.
Default is the first page in the document. If the num is prefixed by an
equals sign, then it (and any argument to the -l option) is treated as a
sequence number, rather than a value to compare with count0 values.
Thus, using -p=3 will start with the third page of the document,
no matter what the pages are actually numbered.
-pp pagelist
A comma-separated list of pages and ranges (a-b) may be given, which will
be interpreted as count0 values. Pages not specified will not be printed.
Multiple -pp options may be specified or all pages and page ranges can be
specified with one -pp option.
-P printername
Sets up the output for the appropriate printer. This is implemented
by reading in config.printername, which can then set the font paths and
any other config.ps defaults for that printer only. Note that config.ps
is read before config.printername.
-q
Run in quiet mode. Reports nothing but errors.
-r
Stack pages in reverse order. Normally, page 1 will be printed first.
-s
Causes the entire global output to be enclosed in a save/restore pair.
This causes the file to not be truly conformant, and is thus not recommended,
but is useful if you are driving the printer directly and don't care too
much about the portability of the output.
-S num
Set the maximum number of pages in each `section'. This option is most
commonly used with the -i option; see that documentation above for more
information.
-t papertype
This sets the paper type to papertype.
The papertype should be defined in one of the configuration files, along
with the appropriate code to select it. (Currently known types include
letter, legal, ledger, a4, a3.) You can also specify -t landscape,
which rotates a document by 90 degrees. To rotate a document whose size is
not letter, you can use the -t option twice, once for the page size, and once
for landscape. The upper left corner of each page in the .dvi file is placed
one inch from the left and one inch from the top. Use of this option is
highly dependent on the configuration file. Note that executing the letter
or a4 or other PostScript operators cause the document to be nonconforming
and can cause it not to print on certain printers, so the paper size should
not execute such an operator if at all possible.
-T dim,dim
Set the paper size to the given pair of dimensions. It overrides any
paper size special in the dvi file.
-U
Disable a PostScript virtual memory saving optimization that stores the
character metric information in the same string that is used to store
the bitmap information. This is only necessary when driving the Xerox
4045 PostScript interpreter. It is caused by a bug in that interpreter
that results in `garbage' on the bottom of each character.
Not recommended unless you must drive this printer.
-x num
Set the magnification ratio to num/1000. Overrides the magnification
specified in the .dvi file. Must be between 10 and 100000.
-X num
Set the horizontal resolution in dots per inch to num.
-Y num
Set the vertical resolution in dots per inch to num.
-Z
Causes bitmapped fonts to be compressed before they are downloaded,
thereby reducing the size of the PostScript font-downloading information.
Especially useful at high resolutions or when very large fonts are used.
Will slow down printing somewhat, especially on early 68000-based
PostScript printers.
-z
If the .dvi file contains HyperTeX \specials then dvips will generate
PostScript code suitable for conversion to PDF (eg. by Distiller).
This option is off by default.