Here is what I normally do --Down in your installed texmf/dvips/config area is a file called config.ps--You can edit that---By default it has a line " o |lpr" in like below. If you put a "%" like below, then it will automatically be put into a "ps" file--For example if you type "dvips paper.dvi", it will make a "paper.ps" file for you--Also if you are running SOLARIS and are not using the the "lpr" commands like on IRIX, you will get an error because it wants to use "lp" instead--If you want it to directly to a printer then you can edit the file to have "o |lp " and it will go to your default printer if that is what you want--I don't like that so I comment it out like below. Hope this helps.
Vic % teTeX's config.ps. Thomas Esser, 1998, public domain. % Memory available. Download the three-line PostScript file: % %! Hey, we're PostScript % /Times-Roman findfont 30 scalefont setfont 144 432 moveto % vmstatus exch sub 40 string cvs show pop showpage % to determine this number. (It will be the only thing printed.) m 3500000 % How to print, maybe with lp instead lpr, etc. If commented-out, output % will go into a file by default. %o |lpr o > > I'm not sure how much the answer below helped. > Bey default, dvips is configured to send the resulting > PS file directly to the printer using the command lpr. > If you want a Postscript file, use 'dvips -o file.ps file.dvi'. > If you always want this behaviour, you can run texconfig as root > and change the default dvips output. > > /Mats > > > Michael Hallgren wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > > >>Hi, dear: > >> > >>I am a fresh in tex, I had a problem with my dvips, when I try to > >>run dvips > >>it gave me this: > >> > >>This is dvips(k) 5.86 Copyright 1999 Radical Eye Software > >>(www.radicaleye.com) > >>' TeX output 2002.10.04:1658' -> |lpr > >><texc.pro>sh: lpr: not found > >><special.pro>. > > > > > > Means: can't find printer. You're attempting to print or save to file? > > > > Cheers > > > > mh > > > > > >> > >>Can you tell me what is wrong? Thanks. > >> > >>Regards, > >>Shutian > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > ============================================= > Mats Bengtsson > Signal Processing > Signals, Sensors and Systems > Royal Institute of Technology > SE-100 44 STOCKHOLM > Sweden > Phone: (+46) 8 790 8463 > Fax: (+46) 8 790 7260 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > WWW: http://www.s3.kth.se/~matsb > ============================================= > --Vic Victor P. Tisone Computer System Management Team (CSMT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (303)497-1519 fax: (303)497-1589 High Altitude Observatory P.O. Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307 USA
