drstrip@intvax.UUCP (David R. Strip) (04/25/91)
(OK, shoot me for not following innumerable previous discussions of dvips. I only just now tried to load it :-( ) I am trying to run dvips54 under ms-dos 3.30 (dvi files generated by sbtex34). I am using the version that is available already compiled on simtel20 in the postscript directory (dated Feb 21, I believe and apparently derived from the emtex distribution). I have modified config.ps to point to the correct paths, and I am using a plain vanilla laserwriter, so I left resolution (-D) set to 300. When I run dvips on a simple file (one line of cmr10 text), and look at the font files it is searching for, the resolutions are bizarre. At first they were always .../10797/cmr10.pk. I then ran dvips while I happened to have another program loaded, but had forked back to dos. Now dvips tried to open fonts like ...\27<three more digits that I forget>\cmr10.pk. When I killed the program I was running and ran dvips from the orginal command shell, I got back the original (wierd) font paths. In addition, no matter what I put for the -D parameter, I got the same font paths. Any hints? Also, the supplied config.ps has an "L" parameter that is not documented in the dvips.tex file. Another question: when dvips fires up, if you use the -d64 option, you can see that it is trying to open files with names like lj_something. Are these emtex font libraries that it is searching for? Finally, at one point, dvips tried to open cmr10 at 0 pt. What is this? Is this another symptom of the same problem that caused the wierd resolutions? Thanks in advance for any replies and advice. I would really like to get this thing running, now that I have a ps printer at home. BTW, the pc is an xt clone with a 286 speedup board, if any of this makes a difference. David Strip drstrip@cs.sandia.gov (never trust the reply to: field.)
rjl@monu1.cc.monash.oz ( r lang) (05/06/91)
In article <3742@intvax.UUCP>, drstrip@intvax.UUCP (David R. Strip) writes: > I am trying to run dvips54 under ms-dos 3.30 (dvi files generated by > sbtex34). I am using the version that is available already compiled on > simtel20 in the postscript directory (dated Feb 21, I believe and apparently > derived from the emtex distribution). The most recent version is dvips 5.47 - make sure that you have this. The only known MS-DOS bug with dvips 5.47 is the maketexpk.bat file - the mfjob file produced won't work because the base= line is misplaced. > I have modified config.ps to point to > the correct paths, and I am using a plain vanilla laserwriter, so I left > resolution (-D) set to 300. When I run dvips on a simple file (one line of > cmr10 text), and look at the font files it is searching for, the resolutions > are bizarre. At first they were always .../10797/cmr10.pk. From your supplied information, I can't tell why it is looking for such large sizes. If you sent me a copy of the output of the following, I may be able to solve the puzzle: dvips -d-1 dvifilename > Also, the supplied config.ps has an "L" parameter that is not documented in > the dvips.tex file. These are emTeX font libraries. They are documented in the dvips.tex file, but within a TeX conditional. Find the line '\generictrue' in dvipsmac.tex and change it to '%\generictrue'. > > Another question: when dvips fires up, if you use the -d64 option, you can > see that it is trying to open files with names like lj_something. Are these > emtex font libraries that it is searching for? Yes. > Finally, at one point, dvips tried to open cmr10 at 0 pt. What is this? > Is this another symptom of the same problem that caused the wierd > resolutions? No idea. I need to see the dvips error output. -- Russell Lang Email: rjl@monu1.cc.monash.edu.au Phone: (03) 565 3460 Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering Monash University, Australia