dvipdfm(1)dvipdfm(1)NAMEdvipdfm - Produce PDF files directly from DVI files
SYNOPSISdvipdfm [options] file[.dvi]
DESCRIPTION
The program dvipdfm generates a PDF file from a DVI file.
DVI files are the output format produced by TeX. Output
from groff can be converted to DVI format using grodvi.
The program dvipdfm recognizes several commonly used \spe-
cial commands, which are extensions to the DVI format.
Specifically, it understands color specials, papersize
specials, tpic specials (which allow it to be used with
pic), hypertex specials, and some PostScript specials.
These extensions allow documents to contain color, fig-
ures, and hyperlinks. The program tries to mimic the
behavior of dvips so that many macro packages produced for
use with dvips will work with dvipdfm. Dvipdfm under-
stands its own specific \special commands to allow access
to PDF features such as annotations and bookmarks. For
more details, consult the Dvipdfm User's Manual, which is
distributed with dvipdfm.
OPTIONS-c Ignore color \specials. The -c toggles a flag that
disables color \special processing. Unless changed
in the configuration file, that flag is off, and
color \specials are interpreted normally. The -c
option may be used to produce a black and white docu-
ment from a document containing color TeX \special
commands.
-d Remove thumbnail images after including them. (See
the -t option for more information.)
-e Toggle partial font embedding flag. If partial font
embedding is off, embedded fonts are fully embedded.
The default, if not changed in the configuration
file, is to embed only those glyphs actually used in
the document.
-f map_file
Set the name of the font map file to map_file. The
format of the font map file is documented in the
Dvipdfm User's Manual.
-l Select landscape mode. In other words, exchange the
x and y dimensions of the paper.
-m mag
Magnify the input document by mag.
-o name
Generate PDF output file having the name name. By
default, the name of the output file is file.pdf.
-p paper
Select the papersize by name (e.g., letter, legal,
ledger, tabloid, a3, a4, or a5 )
-r size
Set resolution of bitmapped fonts to size dots per
inch. Bitmapped fonts are generated by the Kpathsea
library, which uses MetaFont. Bitmapped fonts are
included as type 3 fonts in the PDF output file.
-s page_specifications
Select the pages of the DVI file to be converted.
The page_specifications consists of a comma separated
list of page_ranges:
page_specifications := page_specification[,page_spec-
ifications]
where
page_specification := single_page|page_range
page_range := [first_page]-[last_page]
An empty first_page is implied to be the first page
of the DVI file. An empty last_page is treated as
the last page of the DVI file.
Examples:
-s 1,3,5
includes pages 1, 3, and 5;
-s - includes all pages;
-s -,-
includes two copies of all pages in the DVI
file; and
-s 1-10
includes the first ten pages of the DVI file.
-t Search for thumbnail images of each page in the
directory named by the TMP environment variable. The
thumbnail images must be named in a specific format.
They must have the same base name as the DVI file and
they must have the page number as the extension to
the file name. Dvipdfm does not generate the thumb-
nails itself, but it is distributed with a wrapper
program named dvipdft that does so.
-v Increase verbosity. Results of the -v option are
cumulative (e.g., -vv ) increases the verbosity by
two increments.
-x x_offset
Set the left margin to x_offset 1.0in. The dimension
may be specified in any units understood by TeX
(e.g., bpt, pt, in, cm )
-y y_offset
Set the top margin to y_offset 1.0in. The dimension
may be specified in any units understood by TeX
(e.g., bpt, pt, in, cm )
-z compression_level
Set the compression level to compression_level. Com-
pressions levels range from 0 (no compression) to 9
(maximum compression) and correspond to the values
understood by zlib.
ENVIRONMENT
Dvipdfm uses the kpathsea library for locating the files
that it opens. Hence, the environment variables docu-
mented in the Kpathsea library documentation influence
dvipdfm.
Dvipdfm also reads the following environment variables:
TMP The directory to search for thumbnail images of each
page.
FILES
The precise location of the following files is determined
by the Kpathsea library configuration. The location may
be determined by using kpsewhich, e.g.,
kpsewhich -progname=dvipdfm -format='other text files' config
config
Startup options
t1fonts.map
The default font map file (this name may be changed
in the config file).
*.tfm
TeX font metrics
*.vf TeX virtual font files
*.pfb
PostScript Type 1 font files
texmf.cnf
The Kpathsea library configuration file. The loca-
tion of this file may be found by typing
kpsewhich texmf.cnf
SEE ALSOtex(1), dvips(1), groff(1), grodvi(1), pic(1), and the
Kpathsea library info documentation.
AUTHOR
Mark A. Wicks <mwicks@kettering.edu>
5/28/2001 dvipdfm(1)
