At 05:14 AM 98/12/15 , Sebastian Rahtz wrote:

>Timothy Murphy writes:

> > I simply meant that DVI can be translated into many different formats,
> > eg PostScript, PDF, commands for Diablo daisy-wheel printer, etc.
> > In that sense it is obviously more versatile than PDF.

>on the other hand, I can print my PDF in Acrobat to any device supported by my
>copy of Windows. ie, a very great deal more devices that those for
>which there is a dvi driver. When did anyone last write a dvi driver?

But it is actually the same issue.  The very same printer drivers you use from
Acrobat  to print your PDF file to any type of printer can be used by your DVI
previewer to print to any Windows supported printer.

Regards, Berthold.

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