[comp.text.tex] looking for dvi to raster

phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (08/01/90)

Does anyone have a program that can convert a .dvi file into a raw
0/1 raster file, given a specification of the number of dots per
inch?

I found a program called DVIRAS which turned out to be to create Sun
raster file format.  It also uses lots of the Sun library which I do
not have, so that program is useless.

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walter@hpsadle.HP.COM (Walter Coole) (08/03/90)

It might be feasible to use a dvi driver for a raster-oriented device, eg.
an HP ThinkJet, and use a corresponding {device}2pbm program to
convert to pbm format, which is 1s and 0s with a width, height header.
Since the graphics escape sequences for HP printers, it's likely that
dvitj | lj2pbm will produce a sensible output.