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21 Formatting and Printing Hardcopy
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Running the 'texi2dvi' or 'texi2pdf' command is the simplest way to
create printable output.  These commands are installed as part of the
Texinfo package.

  More specifically, three major shell commands are used to print
formatted output from a Texinfo manual: one converts the Texinfo source
into something printable, a second sorts indices, and a third actually
prints the formatted document.  When you use the shell commands, you can
either work directly in the operating system shell or work within a
shell inside GNU Emacs (or some other computing environment).

  If you are using GNU Emacs, you can use commands provided by Texinfo
mode instead of shell commands.  In addition to the three commands to
format a file, sort the indices, and print the result, Texinfo mode
offers key bindings for commands to recenter the output buffer, show the
print queue, and delete a job from the print queue.

  Details are in the following sections.

Use TeX

Use TeX to format for hardcopy.

Format with tex/texindex

How to format with explicit shell commands.

Format with texi2dvi

A simpler way to format.

Print with lpr

How to print.

Within Emacs

How to format and print from an Emacs shell.

Texinfo Mode Printing

How to format and print in Texinfo mode.

Compile-Command

How to print using Emacs's compile command.

Requirements Summary

TeX formatting requirements summary.

Preparing for TeX

What to do before you use TeX.

Overfull hboxes

What are and what to do with overfull hboxes.

@smallbook

How to print small format books and manuals.

A4 Paper

How to print on A4 or A5 paper.

@pagesizes

How to print with customized page sizes.

Cropmarks and Magnification

How to print marks to indicate the size of pages and how to print scaled up output.

PDF Output

Portable Document Format output.

Obtaining TeX

How to obtain TeX.