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What is the difference between the different dvipdf executables in \MiKTeX 2.8\miktex\bin

dvipdfm.exe
dvipdfmx.exe
dvipdft.exe

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dvipdft is a thumpnailer for dvipdfm, dvipdfmx is an extended dvipdfm, in new TeX distributions dvipdfm is actually dvipdfmx running in compatibility mode.

See also The DVIPDFMx Project

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  • from the man page it looks like a wrapper around dvips that asks ghostscript for pdf output instead. Apr 25, 2011 at 3:01
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And, just before you ask, xdvipdfmx is an extension of dvipdfmx used by XeTeX.

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