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'''dvips''' is a [[software program]] that converts the [[DVI file format|DVI]] format output of [[TeX]] typesetting[[typography]] into a printable or otherwise presentable form. <tt>dvips</tt> was written by [[Tomas Rokicki]] to produce printable [[PostScript]] files from DVI input, and is now commonly used for general DVI conversion.

The TeX typesetting system outputs DVI files which are intended to be [[device independent|independent of the output device]]. In particular, they are not understood by [[computer printer|printer]]s and lack information such as [[font]] shapes. Thus, a converter (i.e., a [[backend]]) is needed to translate from a DVI file to a printer language.