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authorNorbert Preining <norbert@preining.info>2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900
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+Version 0.8 of the DVI to HP PCL printer driver 'dvi2pcl' is now available
+for anonymous ftp from
+
+Name: hybrid.irfu.se
+Address: 130.238.30.23
+
+This release fixes a bug wich showed up for largish jobs (> 50 pages)
+with many soft fonts downloaded so that, in addition, graphics raster
+fonts were being used. If a pcl string was read via \special and that
+string changed the printer resolution, the graphics raster glyphs were
+printed with the latter, incorrect resolution.
+
+Binary downloading of font and char descriptors is now done explicitly
+value by value in order to avoid any struct alignment problems. This
+should improve portability to different architectures and may solve the
+problems reported by some users running SGI and PC/386 with non-gcc
+compilers.
+
+Note that the '-o' option has changed. The file extent '.pcl' is no
+longer attached to the output bitfile name. This is to simplify
+printing to the bit bucket ('-o /dev/null') for testing purposes. Also,
+since 'dvi2plc' can write directly to standard output, there is usually
+no need to save the bitfile but rather one should pipe the output
+directly to the printer spooler ('dvi2pcl <file>.dvi | lp -or
+-d<dest>').
+
+Version 0.8 adds support for color text for PaintJet printers via the
+command:
+
+ \special{pjxl:<color>}
+
+where <color> is either 'black', 'red', 'green', 'yellow', 'blue',
+'magenta', 'cyan', or 'white'. With the new 'pjxl.sty' style file, text
+color may be changed by using shorthand commands: '\black', '\red',
+'\green', etc.
+
+For PaintJet printers, 'dvi2pcl' only works acceptably with downloaded
+soft fonts (not raster graphics ones) so printing on the PaintJet, which
+cannot handle soft font downloading, or on the PaintJet XL with raster
+fonts, does not work yet. The number of fonts downloaded to the PaintJet
+XL must not exceed 28 (= the hardware limit). Ordinary raster graphics
+pictures are printed OK. Rules are not printed on PaintJet XL since
+the PJXL has no hardware support for this.
+
+Version 0.8 adds rudimentary support for device selection via the '-d'
+option ('-j' obsoleted, for compatibility with the 'lp' spooler).
+Printers supported via '-d' are: "lj+" (HP LaserJet+), "lj2" (HP
+LaserJet II), "lj2d" (HP LaserJet IID),"lj2p" (HP LaserJet IIP),"lj3si"
+(HP LaserJet IIISi), "lj3p" (HP LaserJet IIIP),"pj" (HP PaintJet), and
+"pjxl" (HP PaintJet XL). In fact, only "lj+" has any effect. This flag
+overcomes certain hardware limitations (missing transparency mode) in
+the LaserJet+. It is the user's responsibility to add the '-f <nnn>'
+flag to limit the number of soft fonts for the particular printer used.
+
+The man page has been updated to reflect changes and corrections ('-d',
+'-o', '-r', and '-R' options; '\special' command 'pjxl:')
+
+This release is the last alpha release. The next release, v0.9 will be
+the first beta release and will have the (now quite ugly) code cleaned
+up and shortened considerably. New functionality (support for
+PostScript graphics in PCL via ghostscript, virtual fonts, and permanent
+font downloading for faster printing) is planned for v0.9.
+
+Please report successes and problems for your specific hardware/compiler
+combination.
+
+Uppsala 23 Nov 1992
+
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