Dvips: A DVI driver

This manual documents Dvips, a program to translate a DVI file into PostScript. It corresponds to version 5.55a of dvipsk, a slightly modified variant of the original Dvips with path searching rules consistent with TeX, the GNU font utilities, and xdvik. Tom Rokicki wrote and maintains Dvips; Karl Berry (`karl@cs.umb.edu') made the dvipsk modifications.

• Why dvips Why use dvips?
• Using dvips Minimal usage.
• Paper Size and Landscape
• Including PostScript Including PostScript graphics.
• PostScript fonts Using PostScript fonts, resident or downloaded.
• Command Line Options Invocation.
• Config File Configuration file(s) and how they're found.
• Font Generation Automatic font generation with MakeTeXPK.
• Environment Variables
• Bells and Whistles Other nifty things
• MS-DOS MS-DOS support in dvips
• Installation How to compile and install dvips.
• Problems Diagnosing problems.
• Color Using color with dvips.
• Index

  --- The Detailed Node Listing --- Including PostScript Graphics

• Bounding Box The Bounding Box Comment
• EPSF Macros Using the EPSF Macros
• Header Files Header Files
• Literal PS Literal PostScript
• Literal headers Literal Headers
• Graphics Support Other Graphics Support
• Dynamic Creation of Graphics

  Using PostScript Fonts

• afm2tfm
• Changing Encodings
• Special Font Effects
• Non-resident Fonts
• Invoking Afm2tfm

  Configuration File Searching

• Config File Options

  Diagnosing problems

• Debug Options
• No Output No Output At All
• Small or Inverted Output Too Small or Inverted
• Printer Errors Error Messages From Printer
• 400 DPI 400 DPI Is Used Instead Of 300 DPI
• Long Documents Fail Long Documents Fail To Print
• Including Graphics Fails Including Graphics Fails
• Unable to Find Fonts Unable to Find Font Files
• Unable to Generate Fonts Unable to Generate Fonts

  Using Color with dvips

• Macro Files
• User Definable Colors User Definable Colors
• Color Subtleties Subtleties in Using Color
• Ted Turner Printing in Black/White, after Colorizing
• Color Configuration Configuring dvips for Color Devices
• Color Support Details Color Support Details