rokicki@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki) (09/15/89)
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.
angel@umigw.MIAMI.EDU (angel li) (09/15/89)
On mango.miami.edu, ~pub/dvips40.vms-diffs, I have stored patches to dvips for VMS. We've been running different versions of this program on VMS for a long while and are quite happy with it. The Postscript font support is also very nice. -- Angel Li University of Miami/RSMAS Internet: angel@flipper.miami.edu UUCP: ncar!umigw!angel