Dear user of the dvi2xx driver for the ibm3812 and the lj-family!
The new release (0.51) features in the following points:
 
The following items are changed since 0.50:
        - MakeTeXPK support:
          If a pk-file is not found on the fontpath the script
          MakeTeXPK (included in the distribution) is executed to 
          generate the pk file in the requited magnification.
        - a bug fix for clipping 1 pixel to much on the paper edge
          (thanks to  TeX spieler@linac.ikp.physik.th-darmstadt.de
          (Christian Spieler) 
        - better handling of large bitmap glyphs (reduced memory
          assumption esp. in dvilj2p)
        - vms support (thanks to Henk de Haan <HAAN@IRIMCF.TUDELFT.NL>)
        - various cleanups in the code
        - better handling of negative page numbers
        - support for 3b2 machines (strange c compiler)
        - support for LaserJet duplex printers such as the HP LaserJet
          IIId (option -d1 or -d2).
        - support for direct inclusinion of pcl graphics 
          (thanks to Fred Hoare <fred@dip1.ee.uct.ac.za>, README.pcl)
        - support for LJ4 (600 dpi)
          (unknown spender)
        - support for DEC alpha machines (configured via Makefile)
        - a bugfix for certain older LaserJet clones, where some
          garbage was printed on top of the first page
          (Thanks to Rik Faith <faith@cs.unc.edu>)

included in the distribution 
        - a sample bsd-stype printcap entry for SunOS (thanks to Ted
          Cox) and a sample lj3-filter written in Perl (evolved from
          Stefan Essers contribution in comp.lang.perl)
        - 2up.sty (from tvz@zandtwerk.Princeton.EDU (Timothy Van Zandt))
          which allows to print LaTeX documents in two-up style (two
          logical pages are printed on one landscape sheet).
          Useful in connection with dvilj2p (for LaserJet 2000, LaserJet
          IIP, LaserJet III and LaserJet IIIP) in connection with
          MakeTeXPK.  
        - a README file for Dell Unix (Thanks to  Fred Appelman
          <fred@cv.ruu.nl> 

The new distribution may be obtained
 
   -  via anonymous ftp from 

	     ftp.wu-wien.ac.at:pub/src/Typeset/dvi2xx/dvi2xx.051a8.shar

      (source and msdos .exe-files, os2 .exe files, binaries for DecStations
      under ultrix 4.1, rs6000 under aix 3.1 and hp9000/835 under hpux 7.0
      will follow with the final 0.51 distribution)

      The ip-address of ftp.wu-wien.ac.at is 137.208.3.4
 
   -  from Simtel20 (soon); at least pc-binaries and sources
 
   -  via sending a short note indicating wether you want to receive the new
      distribution (source and/or PC-binaries).
 
-gustaf neumann
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Gustaf Neumann		neumann@dec4.wu-wien.ac.at, neumann@awiwuw11.bitnet
Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
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