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- Dear user of the dvi2xx driver for the ibm3812 and the lj-family!
- The new release (0.51) features in the following points:
-
- The following items are changed since 0.50:
- - MakeTeXPK support:
- If a pk-file is not found on the fontpath the script
- MakeTeXPK (included in the distribution) is executed to
- generate the pk file in the requited magnification.
- - a bug fix for clipping 1 pixel to much on the paper edge
- (thanks to TeX spieler@linac.ikp.physik.th-darmstadt.de
- (Christian Spieler)
- - better handling of large bitmap glyphs (reduced memory
- assumption esp. in dvilj2p)
- - vms support (thanks to Henk de Haan <HAAN@IRIMCF.TUDELFT.NL>)
- - various cleanups in the code
- - better handling of negative page numbers
- - support for 3b2 machines (strange c compiler)
- - support for LaserJet duplex printers such as the HP LaserJet
- IIId (option -d1 or -d2).
- - support for direct inclusinion of pcl graphics
- (thanks to Fred Hoare <fred@dip1.ee.uct.ac.za>, README.pcl)
- - support for LJ4 (600 dpi)
- (unknown spender)
- - support for DEC alpha machines (configured via Makefile)
- - a bugfix for certain older LaserJet clones, where some
- garbage was printed on top of the first page
- (Thanks to Rik Faith <faith@cs.unc.edu>)
-
- included in the distribution
- - a sample bsd-stype printcap entry for SunOS (thanks to Ted
- Cox) and a sample lj3-filter written in Perl (evolved from
- Stefan Essers contribution in comp.lang.perl)
- - 2up.sty (from tvz@zandtwerk.Princeton.EDU (Timothy Van Zandt))
- which allows to print LaTeX documents in two-up style (two
- logical pages are printed on one landscape sheet).
- Useful in connection with dvilj2p (for LaserJet 2000, LaserJet
- IIP, LaserJet III and LaserJet IIIP) in connection with
- MakeTeXPK.
- - a README file for Dell Unix (Thanks to Fred Appelman
- <fred@cv.ruu.nl>
-
- The new distribution may be obtained
-
- - via anonymous ftp from
-
- ftp.wu-wien.ac.at:pub/src/Typeset/dvi2xx/dvi2xx.051a8.shar
-
- (source and msdos .exe-files, os2 .exe files, binaries for DecStations
- under ultrix 4.1, rs6000 under aix 3.1 and hp9000/835 under hpux 7.0
- will follow with the final 0.51 distribution)
-
- The ip-address of ftp.wu-wien.ac.at is 137.208.3.4
-
- - from Simtel20 (soon); at least pc-binaries and sources
-
- - via sending a short note indicating wether you want to receive the new
- distribution (source and/or PC-binaries).
-
- -gustaf neumann
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- Gustaf Neumann neumann@dec4.wu-wien.ac.at, neumann@awiwuw11.bitnet
- Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
- Augasse 2-6, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
- Tel: +43 (222) 31-336 4533 ~Fax 347-555
-