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@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
@setfilename dvips.info
@settitle Dvips: A DVI-to-PostScript translator
-@set version 5.99
-@set month-year July 2010
+@set version 5.991
+@set month-year April 2011
@copying
This manual documents Dvips version @value{version}
@@ -574,14 +574,19 @@ environment variables, and command-line options.
@node Basic usage
@section Basic usage of Dvips
+@cindex usage, basic
+
To use Dvips at its simplest, simply type
+
@example
dvips foo
@end example
+
@noindent
-where @file{foo.dvi} is the output of @TeX{} that you want to print. If
-Dvips has been installed correctly, the document will probably roll out
-of your default printer.
+where @file{foo.dvi} is the output of @TeX{} that you want to print.
+The default output is to a corresponding file @file{foo.ps}; Dvips may
+also have been locally configured to output directly to a printer by
+default.
If you use fonts that have not been used on your system before, they may
be automatically generated; this process can take a few minutes, so
@@ -593,6 +598,7 @@ same fonts over and over again, it hasn't been installed properly.
Many options are available (see the next section). For a brief summary
of available options, just type
+
@example
dvips --help
@end example