>Old-Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 10:41:56 -0700 (PDT) >From: woody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII >Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Mailing-List: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archive/latest/2334 >X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Precedence: list >Resent-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >On Sat, 28 Oct 1995, Charles Blair wrote: > >> (4) My machine is not directly connected to a printer. With emtex, >> there is a specific command (dvihplj) which converts the dvi file to >> another file. I then copy this file to a floppy, take it to a DOS >> machine which is connected to a printer, and copy the file to >> a printer with the /b switch. Could I do something similar with debian TeX? >> (again, I would like to avoid postscript/ghostscript. The printer is >> a laserjet which may or may not support postscript) > >Because I'm having problems using my parallel connection under debian >linux (and haven't had enough time to solve the problem directly) I too >use dos to print, although use a novell connection under dosemu rather >than your sneakernet approach. "dvilj" produces the .lj files that you >are accustomed to, and under DOS "copy/b file.lj lpt1" does indeed work. >You can also use "mcopy file.lj a:" to put the .lj file onto a floppy >conveniently. > >--woody > I haven't had any of these problems. I have an HP-LJ3 connected to my debian-linux box at work and an HP-LJ2 on my home debian-linux machine. On both machines I use dvilj2p to create a .lj file and use lpr to print. I suppose I could directly write to the printer but I haven't even tried to do so.
BTW, I can tell from experience that the debian-linux version of the TeX system of packages is *by far* better than the emtex. I would not even attempt to try emtex under dosemu. Several features come to mind that are better: faster tex processing, xdvi, integration with emtex via auctex, etc. If you are using tex, then go debian! -- /------------------------------------------------------------------\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX: (423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | \------------------------------------------------------------------/
