DVICOPY(1)                        Web2C 2026                        DVICOPY(1)

NAME
       dvicopy, odvicopy - produce modified copy of DVI file

SYNOPSIS
       dvicopy [options] [infile[.dvi] [outfile[.dvi]]]

DESCRIPTION
       dvicopy reads a DVI file, expands any references to virtual fonts to
       base fonts, and writes the resulting DVI file.  Thus you can use
       virtual fonts even if your DVI processor does not support them, by
       passing the documents through dvicopy first.

       The odvitype program does the same job for Omega/Aleph's output,
       modified to support their .ofm font format.

OPTIONS
       -magnification=NUMBER
              Override existing magnification with NUMBER.

       -max-pages=NUMBER
              Process NUMBER pages; default one million.

       -page-start=PAGE-SPEC
              Start at PAGE-SPEC, for example `2' or `5.*.-2'.

       The standard -help and -version options are also supported.

SEE ALSO
       dviselect(1), dvitype(1).

       DVI processor topic on CTAN: https://ctan.org/topic/dvi-proc
       Package page on CTAN: https://ctan.org/pkg/dvicopy
       Section in the Web2c manual:
       https://tug.org/texinfohtml/web2c.html#dvicopy-invocation
       Typeset source code: https://ctan.org/pkg/knuth-pdf

AUTHORS
       Peter Breitenlohner wrote the program.  Klaus Guntermann originally
       ported it to Unix.  Yannis Haralambous and John Plaice created the
       Omega version.

       Public discussion list and bug reports: https://lists.tug.org/tex-k

30 November 2025                      TeX                           DVICOPY(1)