Printing the File

When you are ready to print out the file, you must convert from dvi format to the format of the printer you are using. To translate filename.dvi to PostScript and send it to your default printer, use the command:

dvips filename.dvi

If you have no default printer or you want to send the printout to a specific printer use the command:

dvips -Pprintername filename.dvi

replacing printername with the name of the printer to which you want to send your document.

It is possible to obtain the intermediate PostScript file, but generally they are huge files. If for some reason, you need that the PostScript file, you can use the command

dvips -o filename.PS filename.dvi

It is possible to select particular pages out of a document, if you are making changes and want to see what they will look like on paper (note that xdvi gives a very accurate rendition, and should be enough for most purposes). The command

dvips -pfirst -llast -Pprintername filename.dvi

will print from the page numbered ``first'' to the page numbered ``last''.

Note that the older dvi2ps program no longer exists on Athena.

 
• Printing for non-Athena Printers