Hi Dan, > Dvips has the same behavior (at least it always has in my > systems, starting with DOS, then Windows 95, 98, XP, and 7). In the case of dvips, stdout is used to output the important PS code: dvips -f ... ... dvips -o - ... ... If you want a quiet dvips, use the -q option, or 2>nul. Best regards, Akira KAKUTO