Questions tagged [dvips]
dvips is the process that converts `myfile.dvi` to `myfile.ps`
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After the last tex update, the following document does not compile with latexmk. It issues the information Command for 'dvips' gave return code 256 [duplicate]
This is the code of the document
\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}
\usepackage[headheight=35pt,tmargin=2cm,bmargin=2cm,lmargin=1cm,rmargin=1cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[utf8]{...
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Compilation error : "Couldn't find header file: l3backend-dvips.pro"
Since I updated my TexLive Distribution, i get this error message when i compile with dvips :
/usr/local/bin/dvips: ! Couldn't find header file: l3backend-dvips.pro
The command kpsewhich -a l3backend-...
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Different output from pdflatex, dvipdfm, dvisvgm and dvips. (TikZ arrowhead)
Why do TikZ arrowheads in this example look different depending on which way I compile the file?
I'm using TeX Live 2023 on Ubuntu. My source test.tex looks like this:
\documentclass{standalone}
\...
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Why does running latex with a4paper or 210 mm × 297 mm followed by dvips result in bounding-box width 596 pt rather than 595 pt?
Various source on the Web (e.g., http://www.prepressure.com/library/paper-size) specify the A4 paper size as 210 mm × 297 mm or 595 pt × 842 pt. Using 1 pt = 25.4 mm / 72, the width 210 mm �� 595....
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Where to get SymbolMT and how to use it once obtained?
Upon launching dvips or dvipdf on a certain DVI file generated today with a standard latex-bibtex loop from the current Debian-stable TeX Live, I get
dvips: Font SymbolMT used in file some_diagram....
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NewTX no longer prints ≗, ≖, blackboard bold (e.g., 𝔹), ⊛, Hebrew (say, ד) , ✓ properly
With the TeX Live 2023 as of 2023-08-13, upon running latex on
\documentclass{article}% version 2023/05/17 v1.4n. Same problem with standalone.
\usepackage{newtx}% version 2023/07/30 v1.723. Same ...
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How to produce two documents with one tex file?
I have given (it is already typeseted) two very similar projects: A catalog with exercises and solutions and a catalog with only short solutions for the exercises. Because of the use of the package ...
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latex+dvips+gv: the left vertical bar of the frame of mdframe vanishes at certain magnifications [duplicate]
Feeding
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{mdframed}
\begin{document}
\begin{mdframed}
Test
\end{mdframed}
\end{document}
to latex followed by dvips results in the left vertical bar (and, with ...
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half-opaque colors of TikZ differ in PS and PDF
Consider the file mwe.tex containing
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[paperwidth=1cm,paperheight=1.5cm,margin=0cm]{geometry}
\pagestyle{empty}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
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Read and convert very old DVI files
I have some very old DVI files from the 80s and 90s which were created using the version of TeX and/or LaTeX available at that time. YAP barfs on these complaining of no preamble; so does present-...
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Problems with Type 1 fonts for arrows in XY package
I have just installed Basic MikTeX (basic-miktex-22.10-x64.exe just downloaded from miktex.org).
I am trying to run the simple toy example of XY diagram using the following file (named test.tex):
\...
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How to build index of words from PostScript generated by DVIPS?
The background story is, I'm building Common Lisp the Language from its publicly released source, the source is in LaTeX 2.09 and was build by "Textures, an implementation of TeX by Blue Sky ...
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dvips.sty missing from recent Texlive distro
I am trying to increase my access to a larger palette of predefined colors. One way to do that is outlined in the LaTeX Wikibook (Section 8, p. 87 ff. of the pdf version, corresponding online version),...
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Weird interaction between xy and babel
Recently, I am having a weird interaction between xy and babel. When I run latex and dvips, the resulting ps file is corrupted and I cannot do ps2pdf. I am pretty sure it used to worked one year ago. ...
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Using UTF-8 characters directly
I've tried with:
\documentclass[12pt]{book}
\RequirePackage[T1]{fontenc}%
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}%
\DeclareUnicodeCharacter{03EC}{\`{\i}}
\begin{document}
Herman vonì\ Helmholtz
\end{document}
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