[5680] in Athena Bugs
the -d option for printing... non-existent
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (wchuang@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Mon Aug 6 23:10:53 1990
From: wchuang@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 90 23:10:44 -0400
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Well, just read the relevant info:
>
> Your question was:
>
> > Does the "-d" option of the lpr program (for printing DVI formatted
> > files) work with LN03 printers? Or does one HAVE TO convert DVI files
> > to PostScript in order to print them (properly formatted) on LN03 laser
> > printers?
>
>
> There actually isn't a '-d' option to 'lpr' (off line printer), this is
> passed on to 'lpd' (the line printer daemon), which tries to pass your
> file through a special filter.
>
> Unfortunately, this option doesn't work because the filter doesn't exist
> (I checked). The reason is that this will work only if all of the dvi
> fonts are resident on the print server, which is impractical and thus
> not done on Athena.
>
> So, that means that the file HAS to be converted to PostScript before
> you send it to the printer, like you mentioned. The command to do this
> is 'dvi2ps':
>
>
> The LaTeX software provided includes a "dvi to PS" converter. To run
> it, type:
>
> dvi2ps -r file.dvi | lpr -Pprinter
>
> This will convert the file and print it on the specified printer.
>
> More information is available in the document "Essential LaTeX", on sale
> at Graphic Arts, or in on-line help. Type "help" at the athena% prompt
> and look under the following menus:
>
> Text Processing (editing and formatting)
> LaTeX text formatter
>
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>
> I hope this answers your OLC question about latex and printing!
> Meanwhile, I'll also report this bug in the manpages; thanks for
> bringing it to our attention, and thanks for using OLC!
>
> William
