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Environment variables
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  Dvips looks for many environment variables, to define search paths and
other things.  The path variables are read as needed, after all
configuration files are read, so they override values in the
configuration files.  (Except for `TEXCONFIG', which defines where the
configuration files themselves are found.)

  Note: Path specifications, for details
of interpretation of path and other environment variables common to all
Kpathsea-using programs.  Only the environment variables specific to
Dvips are mentioned here.

`DVIPSFONTS'
     Default path to search for all fonts.  Overrides all the font path
     config file options and other environment variables (Note:
     Supported file formats.).

`DVIPSHEADERS'
     Default path to search for PostScript header files.  Overrides the
     `H' config file option (Note: Configuration file commands.).

`DVIPSMAKEPK'
     Overrides `mktexpk' as the name of the program to invoke to create
     missing PK fonts.  You can change the arguments passed to the
     `mktexpk' program with the `MAKETEXPK' environment variable; Note:
     MakeTeX script arguments..

`DVIPSRC'
     Specifies the name of the startup file (Note: Configuration file
     searching.) which is read after `config.ps' but before any
     printer-specific configuration files.

`DVIPSSIZES'
     Last-resort sizes for scaling of unfound fonts.  Overrides the `R'
     definition in config files (Note: Configuration file commands.).

`PRINTER'
     Determine the default printer configuration file.  (Dvips itself
     does not use `PRINTER' to determine the output destination in any
     way.)

`TEXCONFIG'
     Path to search for Dvips' `config.PRINTER' configuration files,
     including the base `config.ps'.  Using this single environment
     variable, you can override everything else.  (The printer-specific
     configuration files are called `PRINTER.cfg' on MS-DOS, but
     `config.ps' is called by that name on all platforms.)

`TEXPICTS'
     Path to search for included graphics files.  Overrides the `S'
     config file option (Note: Configuration file commands.).  If not
     set, `TEXINPUTS' is looked for.  *Note Supported file formats:
     (kpathsea)Supported file formats.