dvi to PCL filter

[Roland Smith]

On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 05:37:32PM -0700, sealbeam wrote:
> Hi 
> 
> I am a complete newcomer to unix and have just created a dual-boot
> between FreeBSD 5.2.1 and Win2K (each on a separate hard drive). Now
> I'm trying to get my HP 1160 Laserjet to print dvi files.
<snip> 
> Can anyone tell me what I've done wrong?

You can use one of the dvi to pcl programs that come with tex,
e.g. dvilj if the document does not contain graphics. 

If the document has graphics, convert it to postscript first with
'dvips', and then convert to pcl with ghostscript, using one of its
laserjet drivers.

Roland
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