Dear user of the dvi2xx driver for the ibm3812 and the lj-family! The new release (0.51) features in the following points: The following items are changed since 0.50: - MakeTeXPK support: If a pk-file is not found on the fontpath the script MakeTeXPK (included in the distribution) is executed to generate the pk file in the requited magnification. - a bug fix for clipping 1 pixel to much on the paper edge (thanks to TeX spieler@linac.ikp.physik.th-darmstadt.de (Christian Spieler) - better handling of large bitmap glyphs (reduced memory assumption esp. in dvilj2p) - vms support (thanks to Henk de Haan ) - various cleanups in the code - better handling of negative page numbers - support for 3b2 machines (strange c compiler) - support for LaserJet duplex printers such as the HP LaserJet IIId (option -d1 or -d2). - support for direct inclusinion of pcl graphics (thanks to Fred Hoare , README.pcl) - support for LJ4 (600 dpi) (unknown spender) - support for DEC alpha machines (configured via Makefile) - a bugfix for certain older LaserJet clones, where some garbage was printed on top of the first page (Thanks to Rik Faith ) included in the distribution - a sample bsd-stype printcap entry for SunOS (thanks to Ted Cox) and a sample lj3-filter written in Perl (evolved from Stefan Essers contribution in comp.lang.perl) - 2up.sty (from tvz@zandtwerk.Princeton.EDU (Timothy Van Zandt)) which allows to print LaTeX documents in two-up style (two logical pages are printed on one landscape sheet). Useful in connection with dvilj2p (for LaserJet 2000, LaserJet IIP, LaserJet III and LaserJet IIIP) in connection with MakeTeXPK. - a README file for Dell Unix (Thanks to Fred Appelman The new distribution may be obtained - via anonymous ftp from ftp.wu-wien.ac.at:pub/src/Typeset/dvi2xx/dvi2xx.051a8.shar (source and msdos .exe-files, os2 .exe files, binaries for DecStations under ultrix 4.1, rs6000 under aix 3.1 and hp9000/835 under hpux 7.0 will follow with the final 0.51 distribution) The ip-address of ftp.wu-wien.ac.at is 137.208.3.4 - from Simtel20 (soon); at least pc-binaries and sources - via sending a short note indicating wether you want to receive the new distribution (source and/or PC-binaries). -gustaf neumann ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gustaf Neumann neumann@dec4.wu-wien.ac.at, neumann@awiwuw11.bitnet Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration Augasse 2-6, A-1090 Vienna, Austria Tel: +43 (222) 31-336 4533 ~Fax 347-555