.TH DVIPS 1 "13 February 1992" TeXware
.SH NAME
dvips \- convert a TeX DVI file to PostScript
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dvips
[
.I options
]
.IR file [.dvi]
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
The program
.B dvips
takes a DVI file
.IR file [.dvi]
produced by TeX (or by some other processor such as GFtoDVI)
and converts it to PostScript, normally
sending the result directly to the laserprinter.
The DVI file may be specified without the
.I .dvi
extension.
Fonts used may either be resident in the printer or defined as bitmaps
in PK files, or a `virtual' combination of both.
If the
.B MakeTeXPK
program is installed,
.B dvips
will automatically invoke METAFONT to generate fonts that don't already exist.
.PP
For more information, see the manual 
.I dvips.tex 
in the TEXINPUTS directory.  
The manual can be printed with the following commands:
.EX 4
.IP
tex dvips
.br
dvips dvips -o dvips.ps
.br
lpr dvips.ps
.LP
.EE
.SH OPTIONS
A summary of command line options can be obtained by running 
.B dvips 
without a filename.  For more details refer to 
.I dvips.tex.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
mf(1), afm2tfm(1), tex(1), latex(1), lpr(1)
.SH NOTES
PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
.SH AUTHOR
Tomas Rokicki <rokicki@cs.stanford.edu>; extended to virtual fonts
by Don Knuth.