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<h3 class="section">D.7 Printing</h3>
<a name="index-Formatting-for-printing"></a>
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<p>Typesetting and printing a Texinfo file is a multi-step process in
which you first create a file for printing (called a DVI file), and
then print the file.  Optionally, you may also create indices.  To do
this, you must run the <code>texindex</code> command after first running the
<code>tex</code> typesetting command; and then you must run the <code>tex</code>
command again.  Or else run the <code>texi2dvi</code> command which
automatically creates indices as needed (see <a href="Format-with-texi2dvi.html#Format-with-texi2dvi">Format with <code>texi2dvi</code></a>).
</p>
<p>Often, when you are writing a document, you want to typeset and print
only part of a file to see what it will look like.  You can use the
<code>texinfo-tex-region</code> and related commands for this purpose.  Use
the <code>texinfo-tex-buffer</code> command to format all of a
buffer.
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<dt><kbd>C-c C-t C-b</kbd></dt>
<dt><kbd>M-x texinfo-tex-buffer</kbd></dt>
<dd><a name="index-texinfo_002dtex_002dbuffer"></a>
<p>Run <code>texi2dvi</code> on the buffer.  In addition to running TeX on the
buffer, this command automatically creates or updates indices as
needed.
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<dt><kbd>C-c C-t C-r</kbd></dt>
<dt><kbd>M-x texinfo-tex-region</kbd></dt>
<dd><a name="index-texinfo_002dtex_002dregion"></a>
<p>Run TeX on the region.
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</dd>
<dt><kbd>C-c C-t C-i</kbd></dt>
<dt><kbd>M-x texinfo-texindex</kbd></dt>
<dd><p>Run <code>texindex</code> to sort the indices of a Texinfo file formatted with
<code>texinfo-tex-region</code>.  The <code>texinfo-tex-region</code> command does
not run <code>texindex</code> automatically; it only runs the <code>tex</code>
typesetting command.  You must run the <code>texinfo-tex-region</code> command
a second time after sorting the raw index files with the <code>texindex</code>
command.  (Usually, you do not format an index when you format a region,
only when you format a buffer.  Now that the <code>texi2dvi</code> command
exists, there is little or no need for this command.)
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</dd>
<dt><kbd>C-c C-t C-p</kbd></dt>
<dt><kbd>M-x texinfo-tex-print</kbd></dt>
<dd><a name="index-texinfo_002dtex_002dprint"></a>
<p>Print the file (or the part of the file) previously formatted with
<code>texinfo-tex-buffer</code> or <code>texinfo-tex-region</code>.
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<p>For <code>texinfo-tex-region</code> or <code>texinfo-tex-buffer</code> to work, the
file <em>must</em> start with a &lsquo;<samp>\input texinfo</samp>&rsquo; line and must
include a <code>@settitle</code> line.  The file must end with <code>@bye</code>
on a line by itself.  (When you use <code>texinfo-tex-region</code>, you must
surround the <code>@settitle</code> line with start-of-header and
end-of-header lines.)
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<p>See <a href="Hardcopy.html#Hardcopy">Hardcopy</a>, for a description of the other TeX related
commands, such as <code>tex-show-print-queue</code>.
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